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Kiligwa River--Sulfides

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308762
MRDS ID A106128
Record type Site
Current site name Kiligwa River--Sulfides

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -158.50372, 68.58955 (WGS84)
Relative position Location plotted is center of localities 36-42 of Jansons and Baggs (1980, p. 33), in T10S, R28W; about 0.5 mi (0.8 km) upstream on north side of minor tributary that joins Kiligwa River 2.5 mi (4 km) south of the confluence of Twistem Creek; located to within 1 mi (1.6 km).

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 C-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

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

Howard Pass(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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Hematite Gangue
Pyrite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -158.50372, 68.58955
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Hematite (red)- and jarosite (yellow)-stained weathered pyritiferous cherts similar to those at Drenchwater Creek.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Colville

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Rock chip samples taken by US Bureau of Mines (Jansons and Baggs, 1980, p.50-2) showed no anomalous values of Cu, Pb, or Zn.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Jansons, Uldis, and Baggs, D.W., 1980, Mineral investigations of the Misheguk Mountains and Howard Pass quadrangles, National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 38-80, 76 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Jansons and Baggs (1980)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-SEP-1996 J.H. Dover U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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