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Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Lead, REE
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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. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003334
MRDS ID A106078
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -141.66302, 67.24985 (WGS84)
Relative position Location plotted is locality 14 of Barker and Clautice (1978, p. 14), at Halfway Pillar, 2 mi (3.2 km) downstream from confluence of Rapid River; located to within 1 mi (1.6 km).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coleen A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Coleen SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Coleen(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Primary
REE Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -141.66302, 67.24985
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Sediments in Creek draining Permian siltstone are anomalous in Pb and rare earth elements; source unknown.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Sheenjek

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Barker, J.C., and Clautice, K.H., 1978, Mineral reconnaissance of the Porcupine River region: a summary report: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 87-78, 20 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Barker and Clautice (1978)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Lode?

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-SEP-1996 J.H. Dover 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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.