Little Minook Creek Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Manganese
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. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. General comments
  11. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002735
MRDS ID A015185
Record type Site
Current site name Little Minook Creek Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.01279, 65.45381 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)
Relative position ABOUT 5 MILES SE OF RAMPART

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-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Tanana SE(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. 12. OCCURRENCE ABOUT 3 MILES UP LITTLE MINOOK CREEK. SEE REF. 2, FIG 3. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Manganese Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.01279, 65.45381

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-371 (B-1), LOC. 12

  • Deposit

    ALASKA DIV. OF MINES AND MINERALS GEOCHEMICAL REPT. 12, P. 5.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Deposit LODE OCCURRENCE OF RHODOCHROSITE OR RHODONITE CROPS OUT ALONG CREEK.

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

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