Golovnin Bay Seacliff

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities REE, Tungsten
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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10208732
MRDS ID A003258
MAS/MILS ID 0020530025
Record type Site
Current site name Golovnin Bay Seacliff
Alternate or previous names Cape Darby

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -162.80322, 64.38434 (WGS84)
Elevation 15
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Solomon B-2 NW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Solomon SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Solomon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Kateel River 013 S 021 W 03 NESESW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Primary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -162.80322, 64.38434

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    C300 pp. 4-5

  • Deposit

    P530 pp. 111-112

  • Deposit

    MF445

  • Deposit

    OF78-181

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS CRIB D002606

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-JUN-1985 Sbh 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.