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Red Mountain Creek Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Zinc
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  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. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003056
MRDS ID A015581
Record type Site
Current site name Red Mountain Creek Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -153.888, 66.29736 (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

Hughes B-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bettles SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hughes(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-458, LOC. 3. OCCURRENCE ON HILLSIDE ALONG THE NW BANK OF THE KOYUKUK RIVER, APPROXIMATELY THREE-QUARTERS OF A MILE BELOW RED MOUNTAIN CREEK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -153.888, 66.29736
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit PYRITIC LATITE PORPHYRY MARKED BY A LARGE GOSSAN CONTAINS TRACES OF ZINC, GOLD, AND OTHER METALS.
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-JUL-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.

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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