Karupa River

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Copper
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10135715
MAS/MILS ID 0020210007
Record type Site
Current site name Karupa River
Alternate or previous names Wheaton

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -154.72798, 68.22962 (WGS84)
Elevation 1560
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

North Slope(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Killik River A-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Killik River S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Killik River C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Killik River(hydrologic unit)

Colville River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Arctic Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Gates of the Arctic National Park(National Park)

National Park 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 033 N 018 E 28 NWNWSW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -154.72798, 68.22962

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDROCK CONSISTING OF SANDSTONE WITH QUARTZ VEINING AND VISABLE CHALCOPYRITE AND MALACHITE STAINING. SIX SAMPLES OF REPR. CHIPS, SELECT, AND GRAB CONTAINED VALUES RANGING FROM 1455 PPM TO 5236 PPM COPPER, AND .14% TO .56% COPPER.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1991

Mining district

District name Colville Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JUL-1994 Pld 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.