Styx River

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Zinc
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 10231711
MRDS ID A013071
MAS/MILS ID 0020830007
Record type Site
Current site name Styx River
Related records 10002174

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -153.16025, 61.54387 (WGS84)
Elevation 1280
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lime Hills C-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Lime Hills NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lime Hills(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 017 N 021 W 19 NWSESW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -153.16025, 61.54387

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALTERED AND INTENSELY FE-STAINED FELSIC INTRUSIVE CONTAINS SPARSELY DISSEM. PYRITE AND THIN VEINLETS WITH SMALL AMOUNTS OF SPHALERITE AND GALENA (OF 413).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

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