Olive Creek

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Tungsten, Chromium, Gold, Mercury, Silver
Sections on this page
  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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090694
MRDS ID D002626
Record type Site
Current site name Olive Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.50304, 65.49967 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livengood B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Livengood S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Livengood C(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Chromium Critical Primary
Gold Primary
Mercury Primary
Silver Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Cinnabar Ore
Gold Ore
Scheelite Ore
Silver Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -148.50304, 65.49967

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: BEDROCK IS SLATE AND SANDSTONE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1977 Elliott, James E. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Alaska resources

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