Melozitna

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, PGE, Tin
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 10039377
MRDS ID M047044
Record type Site
Current site name Melozitna

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -153.00309, 64.99957 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Kantishna River NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ruby(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Nowitna National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
PGE Critical Primary
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Asbestos Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -153.00309, 64.99957

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Melozitna

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MEMORANDUM, U.S.G.S., BRANCH OF ALASKAN GEOLOGY, 4/23/75 , COMMODITY WORK IN ALASKA: USGS, MENLO PARK, CA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1979 Saso, Jerri L. U.S. Geological Survey

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.