| Deposit ID | 60000531 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | ISM0068 |
| Record type | District |
| Current site name | Kigluaik Mountains Graphite District |
| Geographic coordinates: | -165.54083, 65.04319 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Relative position | A SERIES OF PITS AND TRENCHES ALONG LINEAR ZONE 6 KM LONG AND 1 KM WIDE, LOCATION GIVEN IS AT EAST END, AND IS 46 KM SOUTHEAST OF TELLER ON THE SEWARD PENINSULA LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991). ; TELLER (A-2) |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Nome(Census area)
Alaska(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Teller A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)
Bendeleben SW(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)
| Country | State |
|---|---|
| United States | Alaska |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Graphite Critical | Primary |
| (1) | -165.54083, 65.04319 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure name | HORST |
| Structure description | UPTHROWN HORST BLOCK |
| Development status | Producer |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Non-metallic |
| Discovery year | 1900 |
| Year of first production | 1912 |
| Year of last production | 1917 |
| District name | KIGLUAIK MOUNTAINS GRAPHITE DISTRICT |
|---|
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | ALASKA GRAPHITE MINING CO. |
| Year | 1905 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | UNCLE SAM ALASKA GRAPHITE MINING SYNDICATE |
| Year | 1900 |
| Type | Owner |
|---|---|
| Owner | N.B. TWEET |
| Year | 1915 |
HARRINGTON, G.L., 1919, GRAPHITE MINING IN SEWARD PENINSULA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL.692, P.363-367
MOFFIT, F.H., 1913, GEOLOGY OF THE NOME AND GRAND CENTRAL QUADRANGLES, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 533, P.135-136
SAINSBURY, C.L., 1969, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CENTRAL YORK MOUNTAINS WESTERN SEWARD PENINSULA, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL.1287
Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.
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