Rapid River Lode

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Tin, Uranium
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 10209249
MAS/MILS ID 0020330009
Record type Site
Current site name Rapid River Lode

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -141.26135, 67.58737 (WGS84)
Elevation 549
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coleen C-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Coleen NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Coleen(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 032 N 029 E 21 NE Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • PROSPECT LIES WITHIN THE ARCTIC NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. CONTINUOUS PERMAFROST THROUGHOUT AREA.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary
Uranium Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -141.26135, 67.58737

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1978

Mining district

District name Sheenjek

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category National Wilderness

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR 27-81

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR 87-78

  • Deposit

    USGS CIRC 185

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 68-24

  • Deposit

    USGS OF MAP 370

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 27-AUG-1991 Djb 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.