Kakivilak Creek

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10185037
MAS/MILS ID	0020210006
Record type	Site
Current site name	Kakivilak Creek
Alternate or previous names	Biscuits and Gravy

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Ore Body
Geographic coordinates:	-154.96937, 68.15791 (WGS84)
Elevation	1540
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	032 N	017 E	22	SESWNW	Alaska

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Copper	Tertiary
Lead	Tertiary
Silver	Tertiary
Zinc	Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1)	-154.96937, 68.15791	List Map

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type	Surface
Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No
Discovery year	1991
Discovery method	Ore-Mineral In Place

Mining district

District name	Colville Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights	Unknown

Land status

Ownership category	Federal

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0020210006

Bibliographic references

Deposit

U.S. BUREAU OF MINES OFR 34-94, 1994, 130 PAGES.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	SEVERAL SELECT SAMPLES FROM THE KAKIVILAK CREEK OUTCROP (4195-4197) YEILDED .03% TO 7.72% ZINC, .08% TO 15.37% LEAD, AND ONE SAMPLE SHOWED 2.76 G/MT SILVER. SAMPLES TAKEN FROM QUARTZ VEINS CONTAINING VISIBLE GALENA, CHALCOPYRITE, AND SPHALERITE OCCURING ALONG THE CREST OF A SOUTH TRENDING EDGE.

Reporter information

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