Portage Creek

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Tungsten, Tin, Rhenium, Gold, Copper, Bismuth
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10090717
MRDS ID D002687
Record type Site
Current site name Portage Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -144.61958, 65.46641 (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

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

Circle SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Circle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tungsten Critical Primary
Tin Critical Primary
Rhenium Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Bismuth Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Allanite Ore
Bismuthinite Ore
Cassiterite Ore
Garnet Ore
Gold Ore
Hematite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore
Monazite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Scheelite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Sphene Ore
Spinel Ore
Topaz Ore
Tourmaline Ore
Wolframite Ore
Zircon Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -144.61958, 65.46641

Economic information

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

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