Colville River

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10282299
MRDS ID A015666
MAS/MILS ID 0020130002
Record type Site
Current site name Colville River
Related records 10003133

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -152.37038, 69.28301 (WGS84)
Elevation 152
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

Umiat B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Umiat SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Umiat(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Killik River(hydrologic unit)

Colville River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Arctic Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arctic Slope Regional Corporation(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region 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
Umiat 002 S 002 W 09 SE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bentonite Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) Ksb

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Colville Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category Private

Comments on the ownership information

  • NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE - ALASKA.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    P303E p. 319

  • Deposit

    OF75-628 P.84.

  • Deposit

    BMOF37-80 8 PP.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-JAN-1991 Mjn 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.