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Kigezruk Creek

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. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308387
Record type Site
Current site name Kigezruk Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -167.72042, 65.51726 (WGS84)
Relative position Kigezruk Creek is a 2.5 mile-long, south-southwest flowing stream whose mouth is on the Bering Sea coast about 7 miles east of Tin City and 2.2 miles west of York. It is located at the major fork in the creek, about 0.6 mile upstream from the mouth. This is locality 34 of Cobb and Sainsbury (1972). Cobb (1975) summarized relevant references under the name 'Kigezruk Cr.'.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Teller C-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Teller NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Teller(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Imuruk Basin(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wales Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Tin Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cassiterite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 123
USGS model code 39e
Deposit model name Alluvial placer Sn

Nearby scientific data

(1) -167.72042, 65.51726
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Bedrock in the drainage is a slaty metapelitic and metasandstone sequence of unknown but probable Paleozoic age that is locally intruded by altered mafic bodies (Sainsbury, 1972). A trace and 0.01 pounds of tin per cubic yard were found in heavy mineral concentrates from two USBM churn-drill holes (Mulligan, 1959, p. 21). Heavy minerals that were identified included pyrite, magnetite, ilmenite, and tourmaline; cassiterite was not identified. Overburden is not present and the stream gravels over bedrock are only 3 to 4.5 feet thick. Gold has been reported from this creek but its presence was not confirmed by USBM churn-drilling.
  • Age = Quaternary

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Port Clarence

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Two USBM churn drill holes have been completed here.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., and Sainsbury, C.L., 1972, Metallic mineral resource map of the Teller quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-426, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Sainsbury, C.L., 1972, Geologic map of the Teller quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Map I-685, 4 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1975, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Teller quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-587, 130 p.

  • Deposit

    Mulligan, J.J., 1959, Sampling stream gravels for tin, near York, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 5520, 25 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Mulligan, 1959

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Alluvial tin placer (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39e)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-MAY-98 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

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