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Eli River

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper
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Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10112056
MRDS ID A105605
MAS/MILS ID 0020270024
Record type Site
Current site name Eli River
Related records 10003258

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -161.43693, 67.63636 (WGS84)
Elevation 640
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Baird Mountains C-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Baird Mountains N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Baird Mountains(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Noatak River(hydrologic unit)

Noatak River-Lisburne Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Noatak National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Kateel River 026 N 012 W 20 NWNWSW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -161.43693, 67.63636
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO ALASKA KARDEX.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Sbh U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Alaska resources

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