Windy Creek Trib. Telephone Cr.

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Fluorine-Fluorite, Lead, Molybdenum, 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. Ownership information
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10232963
MRDS ID A012754
MAS/MILS ID 0020440116
Record type Site
Current site name Windy Creek Trib. Telephone Cr.
Alternate or previous names Molly Hogan 1-152
Related records 10001921

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -162.67001, 65.16876 (WGS84)
Elevation 180
Location accuracy 500(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 004 S 020 W 03 N2SESW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Fluorine-Fluorite Critical Tertiary
Lead Primary
Molybdenum Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -162.67001, 65.16876

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Placid Oil Co.
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ASSESSMENT WORK UP TO 1977. GRAB SAMPLES OF QUARTZ VEIN AND OF FRACTURED MONZONITE OF WINDY CREEK PLUTON CONTAINED GALENA, PYRITE, FLUORITE, AND MOLYBDENITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-JUL-1995 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

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