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Unnamed (south of mouth of Kuiuktulik River)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Tin
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308016
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (south of mouth of Kuiuktulik River)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.36384, 64.79848 (WGS84)
Relative position This occurrence is on the beach of Norton Bay near the mouth of a small, unnamed stream about midway between Bald Head and the mouth of the Kuiuktulik River. The location is accurate within 1 mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Norton Bay D-5 SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Norton Bay N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Norton Bay(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 121
USGS model code 39c
Deposit model name Shoreline placer Ti

Nearby scientific data

(1) -161.36384, 64.79848
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = A sample of beach sand contained a trace of cassiterite. The cassiterite could have come from anywhere within the Koyuk basin (Berryhill, 1962).
  • Age = Quaternary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Koyuk

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = A concentrate of 8 pans of beach sand revealed a trace of cassiterite (Berryhill, 1962).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Berryhill, R.V., 1962, Reconnaissance sampling of beach and rivermouth deposits, Norton Bay and Kotzebue Sound, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 1, 13 p.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Candle, Holy Cross, Norton Bay, Nulato, and Unalakleet quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-866, 102 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Berryhill, 1962

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Beach placer deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39c)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-AUG-01 Cameron, C.E. Northern Associates Inc.

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

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