Iditarod District

Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60000286
MRDS ID D002173
Record type District
Current site name Iditarod District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -158.03623, 62.44939 (WGS84)
Relative position LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :49?

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Iditarod B-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Iditarod SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Iditarod(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Doyon, Limited(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -158.03623, 62.44939

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name IDITAROD DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, J. B., JR., 1936, MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE RUBY - KUSKOKWIM REGION, ALASKA: USGS BULL. 864C PP 198 - 224

  • Deposit

    SMITH, PHILIP S., 1933, PAST PLACER - GOLD PRODUCTION FROM ALASKA: USGS BULL. 857B

  • Deposit

    BROOKS, ALFRED H., AND CAPPS, S. R., 1924, THE ALASKAN MINING INDUSTRY IN 1922: USGS BULL. 755 PP 44 - 45

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1976 FISHER, FRED S. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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