Steel Creek

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Tungsten
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 10308894
MRDS ID A015491
Record type Site
Current site name Steel Creek
Related records 10257729, 10002987

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.42503, 65.46067 (WGS84)
Relative position Cobb (1972, MF-413), loc. 74; NE1/4SW1/4 sec. 5, T. 7 N., R. 4 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian. This occurrence is thought to be in the lower mile of Steel Creek.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livengood B-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Livengood S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Livengood C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Wolframite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -148.42503, 65.46067

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Joesting (1943) reported considerable wolframite in a sample of placer concentrate that was identified 'a number of years ago'.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Tolovana

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Joesting, 1943

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-MAY-1999 C.J. Freeman, J.R. Guidetti Schaefer Avalon Development Corporation

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.