Lost Creek

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Asbestos, Copper, Manganese, Zinc
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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10112112
MAS/MILS ID 0020490169
Record type Site
Current site name Lost Creek

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -147.98167, 65.88609 (WGS84)
Elevation 768
Location accuracy 10(meters)

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 D-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Circle NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Livengood(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Yukon Flats 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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 012 N 002 W 09 SWNENW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Manganese Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -147.98167, 65.88609

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Both
Significant No
Discovery year 1978

Mining district

District name Tolovana

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MN-MINERALIZATION IN VEIN QUARTZ RUBBLE IN SEVERAL-HUNDRED- FEET-WIDE AREA ALONG RIDGE. ASBESTOS MINERALIZATION FOUND DOWNSTREAM ON LOST CREEK ALONG BORDER OF SEC 7&8, T13N, R1W. (THIS LOCATION IS INSIDE THE YUKON FLATS NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-JUL-1991 Djb U.S. Bureau of Mines

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.