Alaska
Producer

Kigluaik Mountains Graphite District

Alaska, United States
Graphite
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Commodities
PrimaryGraphite
Commodity typeN
Deposit
Deposit typeDISSEMINATED FLAKE
Deposit sizeY
Geology
StructureUPTHROWN HORST BLOCK
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1912
Last production1917
Discovery year1900
Identification
Deposit ID60000531
MRDS IDISM0068
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates65.04319, -165.54083
References
COATS, R.R., 1944, GRAPHITE DEPOSITS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE KIGLUAIK MOUNTAINS, SEWARD PENINSULA, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MEMO. REPT.IOPHARRINGTON, G.L., 1919, GRAPHITE MINING IN SEWARD PENINSULA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL.692, P.363-367MOFFIT, F.H., 1913, GEOLOGY OF THE NOME AND GRAND CENTRAL QUADRANGLES, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 533, P.135-136SAINSBURY, C.L., 1969, GEOLOGY AND ORE DEPOSITS OF THE CENTRAL YORK MOUNTAINS WESTERN SEWARD PENINSULA, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL.1287