Koiyaktot Mountain - West

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Lead, Silver, Zinc

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10135831
MAS/MILS ID	0020200015
Record type	Site
Current site name	Koiyaktot Mountain - West

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Ore Body
Geographic coordinates:	-156.29891, 68.21739 (WGS84)
Elevation	910
Location accuracy	10(meters)
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Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Kateel River	033 N	011 E	34	SESENW	Alaska

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Lead	Primary
Silver	Tertiary
Zinc	Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1)	-156.29891, 68.21739	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type	Surface
Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No
Discovery year	1977

Mining district

District name	Colville Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights	Unknown
Type of mineral rights	Minerals Only

Land status

Ownership category	Federal

Comments on the ownership information

NATIONAL PETROLEUM RESERVE - ALASKA.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0020200015

Bibliographic references

Deposit

OF78-70A PP. 10-11, 15.
Deposit

BMOF26-81 PP. 122-131.
Deposit

BMOF 75-92 P.12
Deposit

BMOF 34-94 130 PAGES.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	UNDERLAIN BY TWO SEQUENCES OF LOWER TO UPPER DEVONIAN CLASTIC SEDIMENTARY ROCK. THE KANAYUT CONGLOMERATE CONSISTING OF QUARTZ CHERT PEBBLE CONGLOMERATE & CLEAN WHITE SANDSTONE MAKES UP THE OVERLYING SEQUENCE. AN UNNAMED SEQUENCE OF SANDSTONE, SILT, & SHALE UNDERLIES THE COARSE CLASTIC SEQUENCE. THE SEQUENCES ARE MAPPED AS PART OF THE NORTH CENTRAL BROOKS RANGE THRUST SEQUENCE (OF26-81). 1991 BUREAU SAMPLES COLLECTED CONTAINED UP TO 43.9% ZINC, 3.27% LEAD, AND 7.15 OZ/T SILVER. (BMOF 75-92).

Subject category

Comment text

Deposit

UNDERLAIN BY TWO SEQUENCES OF LOWER TO UPPER DEVONIAN CLASTIC SEDIMENTARY ROCK. THE KANAYUT CONGLOMERATE CONSISTING OF QUARTZ CHERT PEBBLE CONGLOMERATE & CLEAN WHITE SANDSTONE MAKES UP THE OVERLYING SEQUENCE. AN UNNAMED SEQUENCE OF SANDSTONE, SILT, & SHALE UNDERLIES THE COARSE CLASTIC SEQUENCE. THE SEQUENCES ARE MAPPED AS PART OF THE NORTH CENTRAL BROOKS RANGE THRUST SEQUENCE (OF26-81). 1991 BUREAU SAMPLES COLLECTED CONTAINED UP TO 43.9% ZINC, 3.27% LEAD, AND 7.15 OZ/T SILVER. (BMOF 75-92).

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	12-JUL-1994	Mpm	U.S. Bureau of Mines