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Rex Point Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Tungsten
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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. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003161
MRDS ID A015695
Record type Site
Current site name Rex Point Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -163.32011, 66.0827 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 2000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kotzebue A-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Kotzebue SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kotzebue C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Goodhope-Spafarief Bay(hydrologic unit)

Northern Seward Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • OCCURRENCE AT CREEK MOUTH BEACH DEPOSIT NEAR REX POINT. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore
Zircon Gangue

Nearby scientific data

(1) -163.32011, 66.0827
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fairhaven

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM OF, 1962, RECONNAISSANCE SAMPLING OF BEACH AND RIVER MOUTH DEPOSITS, NORTON BAY AND KOTZEBUE SOUND, SEWARD PENINSULA, ALASKA.

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 75-627, P. 20.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit A TRACE OF SCHEELITE WAS REPORTED FROM A SAMPLE OF BEACH GRAVEL.
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-AUG-87 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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