Deposit

Golovnin Bay

Golovnin Bay is a rare earth occurrence in Alaska, recorded in the USGS USMIN rare earth element occurrence database (ver. 4.0, June 2019).

Facts on this page last re-verified Aug 12, 2026 — the oldest verification date among its current claims. How we verify.

Location: Alaska, United States (64.520, -162.920 approx.)

Commodities: rare earth elements; uranium; tungsten

Deposit model: unclassified

Exploration and site history

History: The only work of the Geological Survey in the Darby Mountains prior to this investigation was done by two parties; that of Mendenhall (1901) who in 1900 mapped both topographically and geologically the Koyuk River valley and parts of the Darby Mountains on an exploration-reconnaissance scale; and that of Smith and Eakin (1911), who in 1909 mapped the area between Nulato and Council on a similar scale. Exploration in the region may have included reconnaissance stream sediment sampling and radiometric surveys. (West (1953))

Record imported from USGS USMIN ver. 4.0 (June 2019). Developments after that date appear on facility records, not here; see the methodology.

U.S. Geological Survey · published Jun 1, 2019 · retrieved Aug 12, 2026 · archive unavailable: Wayback snapshot 20260427015518 of the ScienceBase item exists but the archive service returned 503 on verification 2026-08-12; recheck on a weekly pass