Itkillik River West

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Barium-Barite, 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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10208879
MAS/MILS ID 0020220007
Record type Site
Current site name Itkillik River West

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -150.50536, 68.22411 (WGS84)
Elevation 1486
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

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Umiat 014 S 007 E 16 SESESE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -150.50536, 68.22411

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDROCK COMPOSED OF HUNT FORK SHALE CONTAINING GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, & PYRITE IN SMALL DISCORDANT 1-2 CM WIDE QUARTZ-CALCITE VEINS CUTTING THE SHALE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

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

Mining district

District name Colville Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown
Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Comments on the ownership information

  • GATES OF THE ARCTIC NATIONAL PARK & PRESERVE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    C978 PP. 11-12.

  • Deposit

    BUREAU OF MINES OFR 34-94, 1994, 130 PAGES

  • Deposit

    MF2144A

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JUL-94 Mpm 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.