Okpilak River

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Phosphorus-Phosphates
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10136242
MRDS ID A002325
MAS/MILS ID 0020150006
Record type Site
Current site name Okpilak River

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -145.67018, 69.39985 (WGS84)
Elevation 610
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

North Slope(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Mount Michelson B-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Michelson SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Michelson C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Canning River(hydrologic unit)

Eastern Arctic(hydrologic accounting unit)

Arctic Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arctic 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
Umiat 001 N 026 E 36 Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Phosphorus-Phosphates Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -145.67018, 69.39985

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Mjn 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.