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Omilak

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold, Lead, Silver, Tin
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  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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10160517
MRDS ID A012745
MAS/MILS ID 0020440002
Record type Site
Current site name Omilak
Alternate or previous names Oomilak, Umalack
Related records 10100984

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -162.66159, 65.04326 (WGS84)
Elevation 442
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

Bendeleben A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bendeleben SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bendeleben(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nome(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Kateel River 005 S 020 W 23 N2SWNE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Primary
Silver Tertiary
Tin Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -162.66159, 65.04326
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Patented

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Munz, William
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 044-064

  • Deposit

    SP3 p. 27

  • Deposit

    SP4 p. 67, 189, 213-214

  • Deposit

    B314j p. 156

  • Deposit

    B328 p. 236

  • Deposit

    B345m pp. 245-246

  • Deposit

    B379b p. 28

  • Deposit

    B394 p. 201

  • Deposit

    B442r pp. 345-349

  • Deposit

    B449 pp. 130-133

  • Deposit

    B480d pp. 88, 92

  • Deposit

    B533 p. 127

  • Deposit

    B622c p. 20

  • Deposit

    B642c p. 69

  • Deposit

    B649 pp. 50, 57

  • Deposit

    B662p pp. 440, 446

  • Deposit

    B722f pp. 176, 183, 185, 224

  • Deposit

    B933A p. 79

  • Deposit

    TDM5R pp. 12, 27-28

  • Deposit

    OF51 p. 39

  • Deposit

    RI6018 pp. 1-2, 7, 10, 12-14, 39, 41-42

  • Deposit

    GR11 p. 4

  • Deposit

    B1246 pp. 108-109

  • Deposit

    MF417

  • Deposit

    OF75-429

  • Deposit

    MR195-3 p. 2

  • Deposit

    AMR 81-82 p. 10

  • Deposit

    SR33 p. 8

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit M.S. 37 ISSUED 1894 ON 19.91 ACRES. (PATENT # UNKNOWN). M.S. 38 ISSUED 1894 ON 19.98 ACRES. (PATENT # UNKNOWN). SEVERAL 100 TONS OF ORE MINED 1881-1890. 41 TONS SHIPPED IN 1889 CONTAINED 75% LEAD AND 142 OZ/TON. 60 M VERTICAL SHAFT, 2 WORKING LEVELS AND 152 METER ADIT (RI 6018,P.7). MARBLE FORMS HIGHLY FRACTURED GROUNDMASS ON WESTERN LIMB OF ANTICLINE IN ALTERNATING THICK BANDS WITH SCHIST BEDS WITH MANY SMALL FOLDS, FAULTS AND JOINTS. ORE COMPOSED OF GELENA AND STIBNITE WAS EMPLACED (RI 6018,P.12-14).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-AUG-1986 Unknown U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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