Kakivilak Creek

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10185037
MAS/MILS ID 0020210006
Record type Site
Current site name Kakivilak Creek
Alternate or previous names Biscuits and Gravy

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -154.96937, 68.15791 (WGS84)
Elevation 1540
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

North Slope(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Killik River A-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Killik River S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Killik River C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Killik River(hydrologic unit)

Colville River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Arctic Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gates of the Arctic National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Kateel River 032 N 017 E 22 SESWNW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -154.96937, 68.15791

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1991

Mining district

District name Colville Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OFR 34-94, 1994, 130 PAGES.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEVERAL SELECT SAMPLES FROM THE KAKIVILAK CREEK OUTCROP (4195-4197) YEILDED .03% TO 7.72% ZINC, .08% TO 15.37% LEAD, AND ONE SAMPLE SHOWED 2.76 G/MT SILVER. SAMPLES TAKEN FROM QUARTZ VEINS CONTAINING VISIBLE GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, AND SPHALERITE OCCURING ALONG THE CREST OF A SOUTH TRENDING EDGE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JUL-1994 Pld U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.