Tozimoran Creek Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Lead
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. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002727
MRDS ID A015176
Record type Site
Current site name Tozimoran Creek Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -152.81286, 65.37514 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Tanana B-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Tanana SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Tanana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-371, LOC. 1. SOUTH SIDE OF CREEK NEAR HEAD. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -152.81286, 65.37514

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1946
Discoverer Wedow And Others

Mining district

District name Melozitna

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-371 (B-6), LOC. 1

  • Deposit

    USGS CIRC. 331, P. 35

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit GALENA VEINS ON SOUTH SIDE OF CREEK NEAR HEAD. CASSITERITE IN CREEK GRAVELS; SOURCE UNKNOWN.
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1987 Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.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.