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Fort Hamlin Hills Region

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity 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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10281850
MAS/MILS ID 0020390064
Record type Site
Current site name Fort Hamlin Hills Region

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -150.12486, 66.12465 (WGS84)
Elevation 168
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bettles A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bettles SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bettles(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 015 N 012 W 17 N2SE Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION DATA IS GIVEN FOR ONE ANOMALOUS OCCURRENCE OF SN IN THIS AREA; OTHER ANOMALIES ARE FOUND IN SEC 9, T15N, R12W AND NEAR THE COMMON CORNER OF SEC. 8, 9, 16, AND 17, T14N, R12W. ALL LOCATIONS ARE WITHIN THE TRANSALASKA PIPELINE UTILITY CORRIDOR.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -150.12486, 66.12465
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Placer
Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1980

Mining district

District name Melozitna

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Inferred 3600000kg commodity
    Total resources 3600000kg commodity
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Tin Sn 0.3 wt-pct Tin Major 1991

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • BUMINES ESTIMATES THAT THIS AREA AND THE NEARBY RAY RIVER BASIN CONTAIN A COMBINED TOTAL OF BETWEEN 62 AND 172 MILLION POUNDS SN.
  • GRADE RANGES FROM 0.05 TO 0.68 KG/CU-M; THE FIGURE GIVEN IS THE MIDPOINT OF THIS RANGE.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR 59-83

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR 34-91

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 9104

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-JUN-1991 Djb 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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