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Itkillik River East

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Zinc
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  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10208832
MAS/MILS ID 0020220013
Record type Site
Current site name Itkillik River East

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -150.37425, 68.20501 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
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

Chandler Lake A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Chandler Lake SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Chandler Lake(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Colville River(hydrologic unit)

Colville River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Arctic Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

National Park(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Umiat 014 S 008 E 30 SWSENW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -150.37425, 68.20501
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GATES OF THE ARTIC NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE. QUARTZ-CARBONATE VEINS CUTTING THE WACKE MEMBER OF THE HUNT FORK SHALE. SAMPLES CONTAINED UP TO 352 PPM COPPER (4078). MINOR CHALCOPYRITE AND GALENA WERE ALSO OBSERVED. ONE FLOAT SAMPLE CONTAINED 673 PPM ZINC, BUT NO ZINC MINERALS WERE OBSERVED.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1993

Mining district

District name Colville Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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