Rapid River Tributary

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Niobium (Columbium), REE, Tin, Tungsten, Uranium
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. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10160358
MRDS ID A015244
MAS/MILS ID 0020330003
Record type Site
Current site name Rapid River Tributary
Related records 10086655

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -141.20304, 67.55817 (WGS84)
Elevation 488
Location accuracy 500(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

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

Coleen NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Coleen(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

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
Fairbanks 032 N 029 E 35 S2 Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Niobium (Columbium) Critical Tertiary
REE Critical Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary
Tungsten Critical Tertiary
Uranium Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -141.20304, 67.55817

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

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    C185 p. 8

  • Deposit

    MF403

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit NO ALASKA KARDEX. COMMODITY UNKNOWN. USGS CRIB W000016

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-JUN-1991 Neb 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.