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Cold Spring

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Bismuth
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Links to other databases
  10. Bibliographic references
  11. General comments
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307289
Record type Site
Current site name Cold Spring

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -162.35331, 65.22937 (WGS84)
Relative position This occurrence is along the range front on the north side of Death Valley. It is on the north side of an unnamed north tributary to Tubutulik River where it enters Death Valley from its headwater uplands. This occurrence is 3.7 miles northwest of Camp Haven (northeast Death Valley). It is locality 40 of Gamble (1988).

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-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bendeleben SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bendeleben(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Norton Bay(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Bismuth Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = A cold spring comes to the surface at this locality and a grab sample of surface material here contained greater than 10,000 ppm bismuth (Miller and Grybeck, 1973). This location is close to an inferred range front normal fault with probable Quaternary displacement. However, an alluvial fan is developed where the nearby stream enters onto the lowland of Death Valley and the surface trace for the inferred fault is not apparent.
  • Age = Quaternary

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Koyuk

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = None.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Miller, T.P., and Grybeck, D.J., 1973, Geochemical survey of the eastern Solomon and southeastern Bendeleben quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 553, 115 p.

  • Deposit

    Gamble, B.M., 1988, Non-placer mineral occurrences in the Solomon, Bendeleben, and southern part of the Kotzebue quadrangles, western Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Map MF-1838-B, 13 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Miller and Grybeck, 1973

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Surface precipitates from a cold spring contain Bi

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAR-99 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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