Kwiniuk River

Location: Alaska, United States (64.729, -162.356 approx.)

Commodities: copper; rare earth elements; tungsten

Deposit model: unclassified

Exploration and site history

• Site: “This occurrence is at about 175 feet elevation on a north tributary to the Kwiniuk River. The Kwiniuk River crosses a large belt of granite about halfway to its headwaters (pl. 1). The mouth of this tributary is 1.6 miles downstream from the confluence of Kwiniuk River and a major south tributary that is unnamed on the current USGS topographic map, but is identified as Corral Creek by West (1953, Plate 1). This is locality 134 of Cobb (1972, MF 445; 1978, OF 78-181). The area is accessible from Nome, approximately 70 miles to the west, by air to two small airstrips, one located at Golovin on the western side of the Darby Peninsula and the other at White Mountain on the Fish River (outside of area shown on pi. 1) and the Moses Point Civil Aeronautics Authority airfield near the mouth of the Kwiniuk River, 46 miles northeast of Golovin. There are no good harbors along the entire coast. Transportation of supplies within the area must be accomplished by tractor or in part by small boats, as there are no roads." (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.