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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001160
MRDS ID A011857
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed
Alternate or previous names Cutler River

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -157.58352, 67.41953 (WGS84)
Relative position Located near headwaters of the Cutler River in T. 23 N., R. 6 E., Kateel River Meridian. Shown as locality 8 in Mayfield and Grybeck (1978) and is accurate to within 2000 ft. (600 m).???

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ambler River B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Ambler River SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ambler River C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Noatak River(hydrologic unit)

Noatak River-Lisburne Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Noatak National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Titanium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Ilmenite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Gneiss

Nearby scientific data

(1) -157.58352, 67.41953
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Small amount of ilmenite bearing quartz rubble from host rock consisting of felsic orthogneiss and quartzite (Mayfield and Grybeck, 1978).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Kiana

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Mayfield and Grybeck, 1978

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 26-OCT-1992 K.R. Leonard U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 26-OCT-1992 R.L. Elliott U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 26-OCT-1992 J.M. Schmidt 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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