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Grand Central River

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Tungsten, Lead, Zinc
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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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009524
MRDS ID D002565
Record type Site
Current site name Grand Central River
Related records 10160516

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.20331, 64.91597 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nome D-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Solomon NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imuruk Basin(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -165.20331, 64.91597
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    COBB, EDWARD H., 1975, TUNGSTEN OCCURRENCES IN ALASKA, USGS MAP, MR-66.

  • Deposit

    HUMMEL, C. L., 1961, REGIONALLY METAMORPHOSED METALIFEROUS CONTACT-METASOMATIC DEPOSITS NEAR NOME, ALASKA, IN SHORT PAPERS IN THE GEOLOGIC AND HYDROLOGIC SCIENCES: USGS PROF. PAPER 424-D, P. D198-D199.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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