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Willis

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Antimony, Mercury
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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. Land status
  11. Ownership information
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10234198
MRDS ID A013434
MAS/MILS ID 0020820003
Record type Site
Current site name Willis
Related records 10002495

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -157.36956, 61.81609 (WGS84)
Elevation 296
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Sleetmute D-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Sleetmute NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Sleetmute C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Aniak(hydrologic unit)

Lower Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Kuskokwim Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 020 N 045 W 24 NWNW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Tertiary
Mercury Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) Kk
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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 Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Willis, George
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1978
  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Willis, O.
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1978

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 082-014

  • Deposit

    B622

  • Deposit

    B739a p. 13

  • Deposit

    MR82-1 pp. 33-38

  • Deposit

    B797a p. 41

  • Deposit

    B933A p. 91

  • Deposit

    TDM1 p. 24

  • Deposit

    IC7379 p. 63

  • Deposit

    RI4065 pp. 28-29

  • Deposit

    PE82-3

  • Deposit

    P268 pp. 63, 65, 111

  • Deposit

    P400B p. 38

  • Deposit

    IC8131 pp. 8, 13, 15, 35

  • Deposit

    MI194-1 pp. 8-12

  • Deposit

    B1142G p. 7

  • Deposit

    B1187 pp. 15-18, 81

  • Deposit

    IC8252 pp. 32, 46-47, 54

  • Deposit

    B1246 p. 92

  • Deposit

    C615 pp. 16, 18-19

  • Deposit

    MF368

  • Deposit

    AMR 81-82

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit ONLY A FEW FLASKS OF HG PRODUCED FROM SEVERAL PITS, TRENCHES , AND SHORT ADITS (B1187). GRAYWACKE AND SHALE OF THE KUSKOKWIM GROUP ARE INTRUDED BY AN IRREGULAR DIKE. CINNABAR-BEARING VEINS LIE IN OR NEAR THE DIKE (B1187).

Reporter information

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

Beyond USGS

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