Kwiniuk River

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Mercury, REE, Tungsten
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. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10136324
MRDS ID A012672
MAS/MILS ID 0020530027
Record type Site
Current site name Kwiniuk River
Related records 10001855, 10135967

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -162.36385, 64.73765 (WGS84)
Elevation 76
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Solomon C-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Solomon NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Solomon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Norton Bay(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Elim Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village 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
Kateel River 009 S 018 W 06 SWSWNW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Copper Primary
Mercury Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -162.36385, 64.73765

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    TDM5R p. 34

  • Deposit

    C300 p. 6

  • Deposit

    MF445

  • Deposit

    OF508 p. 40

  • Deposit

    OF78-181

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS CRIB D002607

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 17-JUN-1985 Sbh 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.