Unnamed Rare-Earth Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities REE, Thorium
Sections on this page
  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. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002162
MRDS ID A013059
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed Rare-Earth Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -154.11334, 61.61946 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lime Hills C-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Lime Hills NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lime Hills C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Stony River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-412, LOC. 2 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
REE Critical Primary
Thorium Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Allanite Ore
Monazite Ore
Xenotime Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Rock unit name Tired Pup Batholith
    Rock description Tired Pup Batholith
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -154.11334, 61.61946

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Mcgrath District

Land status

Ownership category State

Comments on the workings information

  • NO WORKINGS, OCCURRENCE ONLY

Comments on development

  • ROCK SAMPLES TAKEN 1968 BY REED & ANDERSON, USGS OFR 1231, P. 1 (1969)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-412, LOC. 1 (1972)

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 81-1343 A, P. A18 (1981)

  • Deposit

    USGS OFR 1231, P. 1, 2 (1969)

  • Other Database

    BAG-MF-412-2

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAMPLE OF TETIARY BIOTITE GRANITE OF TIRED PUP BATHOLITH CONTAINED ABUNDANT ACCESSORY ALLANITE AND ALSO MONAZITE AND/OR XENOTIME
Deposit SAMPLE OF TERTIARY BIOTITE GRANITE OF TIRED PUP BATHOLITH CONTAINED ABUNDANT ACCESSORY ALLANITE AND ALSO MONAZITE AND/OR XENOTIME, WHICH ARE CHARACTERISTIC ACCESSORY MINERALS OF THE MAIN BATHOLITHIC MASS. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-FEB-87 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) 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.