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Pitmegea River

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10185023
MRDS ID A000931
MAS/MILS ID 0020180009
Record type Site
Current site name Pitmegea River
Alternate or previous names Okomailuk, No More Colonialism, Kukpowruk River, Tuzroyluk and Uloak, Ms Maggie Mae, No More Assimilation, Moose Three Gold, Re Peetook, Upicksoun, Komalluk Two, Can Do Bite, Can Do, Wierd Stomach Blues, Smoking Gold

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -163.38715, 68.74945 (WGS84)
Elevation 320
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

North Slope(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

De Long Mountains C-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

De Long Mountains NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

De Long Mountains C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kukpowruk River(hydrologic unit)

Western Arctic(hydrologic accounting unit)

Arctic Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Umiat 008 S 048 W 17 C W2 Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -163.38715, 68.74945
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner Inupiat Mng Co
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1979

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Rdc 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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Authoritative Alaska resources

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