Sithylemenkat Lake

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Chromium, Cobalt, 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. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10136194
MAS/MILS ID 0020390065
Record type Site
Current site name Sithylemenkat Lake

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -151.4154, 66.13243 (WGS84)
Elevation 267
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

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

Bettles SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bettles C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Doyon, Limited(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 015 N 018 W 17 C N2NW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -151.4154, 66.13243

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1967

Mining district

District name Koyukuk District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Private

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL 1312-J

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR 97-85

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 8915

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 8916

  • Deposit

    USGS OF (FOLEY, 1991)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SAMPLE OF SERPENTINITE FRAGMENTS YIELDED 700 PPM CO, 3000 PPM CR, AND 500 PPM CU. PROSPECT IS LOCATED ON ALASKA NATIVE LAND CLAIMS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-SEP-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.