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Tukuto Creek

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Lead, Manganese, 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 10257521
MAS/MILS ID 0020200034
Record type Site
Current site name Tukuto Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -157.18426, 68.36897 (WGS84)
Elevation 800
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

Howard Pass B-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Howard Pass SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Howard Pass C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Colville River(hydrologic unit)

Colville River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Arctic Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska(National Petroleum Reserve)

National Petroleum Reserve BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Kateel River 034 N 014 W 14 NENENE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
Manganese Critical Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -157.18426, 68.36897
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE ROCKS IN THE AREA HAVE BEEN MARKED AS AGGLOMERATES. LITHIC TUFF INTERLACED WITH SANDSTONE WERE FOUND IN THE AREA WITH IRON STAINING. ONE SAMPLE COLLECTED CONTAINED 1838PPM ZINC AND 1686PPM LEAD. THESE VALUES ARE VERY ANOMALOUS AND UNIQUE AS VERY FEW OCCURANCES OF TUFFACEOUS RUBBLECROP ARE KNOWN IN THIS AREA.MANGENESE WAS ALSO FOUND TO BE 1009PPM IN THE SAMPLE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
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 Unknown

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MULL, C.G., UNPUBLISHED MAP OF THE HOWARD PASS QUADRANGLE

  • Deposit

    ,1992. AVAILABLE FROM J.M. KURTAK, USBM, ALASKA FIELD

  • Deposit

    OPERATIONS CENTER, ANCHORAGE, ALASKA.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-AUG-1994 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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