| Deposit ID | 10003183 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | A015720 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Peace River Placer Occurrence |
| Related records | 10184714 |
| Geographic coordinates: | -161.0811, 65.47718 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Location accuracy | 250(meters) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Northwest Arctic(Borough)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Candle B-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Candle S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Candle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Buckland River(hydrologic unit)
Northern Seward Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)
Northwest(hydrologic subregion)
Alaska(hydrologic region)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Uranium | Primary |
| Thorium | Primary |
| Bismuth Critical | Primary |
| Chromium Critical | Secondary |
| Copper | Secondary |
| Gold | Secondary |
| Lead | Secondary |
| Molybdenum | Tertiary |
| Silver | Tertiary |
| Tungsten Critical | Tertiary |
| Zinc Critical | Tertiary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Bornite | Ore |
| Chalcopyrite | Ore |
| Chromite | Ore |
| Galena | Ore |
| Gold | Ore |
| Molybdenite | Ore |
| Scheelite | Ore |
| Sphalerite | Ore |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| Discovery year | 1947 |
| Discoverer | W.S. West And J.J. Matzko |
| District name | Koyuk |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A015720 |
USGS MF-389 (B-5), LOC. 34.
USGS CIRCULAR 250, P. 24, 26, 28-31.
USGS OF 76-866, P. 44-45.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | STREAM GRADIENT BETWEEN 100 AND 150 FEET PER MILE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT |
| Deposit | THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE. |
| Deposit | SAMPLES FROM HEADWATER AREA NEAR CONTACT BETWEEN SYENITE OF GRANITE MOUNTAIN AND OLDER ANDESITES CONTAIN THORITE, POWELLITE, PICOTITE, ILMENITE, HEMATITE, LIMONITE, MAGNETITE, CHROMITE, URANOTHORIANITE, GUMMITE, PYRITE, CHALCOPYRITE, BORNITE, MOLYBDENITE, GOLD, SILVER, BISMUTH, AND CCORUNDUM. SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM HEADWATERS IN 1951 CONTAINED IN ADDITION TO THE MINERALS LISTED ABOVE, GALENA, SPHALERITE, PYRRHOTITE, COVELLITE, TETRADYMITE, SCHEELITE, AND FLUORITE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-SEP-1987 | Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) | U.S. Geological Survey |
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