Rainy Mountain Lode

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Molybdenum
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307234
Record type Site
Current site name Rainy Mountain Lode
Alternate or previous names Raven

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -144.01276, 64.14972 (WGS84)
Relative position The Rainy Mountain Lode is situated on a ridge, approximately 55 miles east of Big Delta. The Alaska Division of Mining Kardex file system reports active lode claims at the Rainy Mountain Lode. The approximate center of the lode is in NE1/4 section 3, T. 27 N., R. 7 E., of the Copper River Meridian. The site can be accessed from the Healy River, approximately 3 miles to the south. It is locality 32 of Menzie and Foster (1979), who summarized relevant references under the name 'Raven'.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Delta A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Big Delta SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Big Delta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Molybdenum Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Molybdenite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -144.01276, 64.14972

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The Rainy Mountain Lode is situated on a ridge of undifferentiated Tertiary-Cretaceous granodiorite to monzonite, metamorphic gneiss, and quartzite (Weber and others, 1978). The area is characterized by rounded hills and flat-topped ridges (Thomas, 1970). Information from Doyon Limited (1998) records the Rainy Mountain Lode as a Mo deposit. Menzie and Foster (1979) also classify the Raven site as a Mo deposit. The Alaska Division of Mining Kardex file system records active claims at the Rainy Mountain Lode as recent as 1980. There are no indications of production from Rainy Mountain Lode.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Goodpaster

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = There are no indications of production from Rainy Mountain Lode.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = The Alaska Division of Mining Kardex file system records active claims at the Rainy Mountain Lode as recent as 1980.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Thomas, B.I., 1970, Reconnaissance of the gold-bearing quartz veins in the Tibbs Creek area, Goodpaster River, Big Delta quadrangle, central Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 14-70, 12 p.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 p.

  • Deposit

    Weber, F.R., Foster, H.L., Keith, T.E.C., Dusel-Bacon, C., 1978, Preliminary geologic map of the Big Delta quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-529A, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Menzie, W.D., and Foster, H.L., 1979, Metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral resource potential in the Big Delta quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-529D, 61 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Doyon, Limited, 1998, Veta Prospects 1997 Volume 1: Doyon, Limited, unpublished report 98-10, 256 p. (Report held by Doyon, Limited, Fairbanks, Alaska.)

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Menzie and Foster, 1979

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-APR-99 Cameron S. Rombach Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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