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Red Mountain

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Chromium, Nickel, Cobalt
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Production statistics
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000488
MRDS ID A010672
Record type Site
Current site name Red Mountain
Alternate or previous names Star #4 Mine, Chrome Queen
Related records 10136754

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -151.48032, 59.35779 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Kenai Peninsula(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Seldovia B-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Seldovia SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Seldovia C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Resurrection River-Frontal Resurrection Bay(hydrologic unit)

Prince William Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Seldovia Native Association, Incorporated(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LOCATION GIVEN IS CENTER OF AN AREA COVERING 7 SQ MILES LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Cobalt Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Olivine Ore

Analytical data

Result SAMPLES RAN FROM 42% TO 90% CHROMITE (24.4%-52.1% CR2O3)
Result OLIVINE SHOWED 0.25% NI, 0.03% CO

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -151.48032, 59.35779
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ALPINE-TYPE ULTRAMAFIC BODY SEEMS TO BE A KLIPPE IN THRUST CONTACT WITH MCHUGH COMPLEX. DUNITE WITH BANDS OF PYROXENITE AND CHROMITITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Year of first production 1942

Production statistics

  • Year 1944
    Period 1942-1944
    Accuracy Accurate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Chromium Chromium 42wt-pct
  • Year 1957
    Period 1954-1957
    Accuracy Estimate
    Importance Item Commodity Group Amount recovered Grade Recovery percentage
    Major Ore Chromium Chromium 46wt-pct

Comments on the production information

  • THERE MAY HAVE BEEN OTHER PRODUCTION, BUT THERE IS NO RECORD

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1953
    Total resources 14000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Chromium Cr203 40 wt-pct Chromium Major 1953
  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1953
    Total resources 80000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Chromium Cr203 20 wt-pct Chromium Major 1953

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INCLUDES INDICATED AND INFERRED ORE

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL ADITS WITH STOPES

Comments on development

  • UNION CARBIDE MAY NOW HOLD SOME OF THE CLAIMS ON THIS PROPERTY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 742, P. 6-14

  • Deposit

    USGS BULLETIN 931-G, P. 140-152, 163-175

  • Deposit

    USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 3885.

  • Deposit

    USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5377

  • Deposit

    USGS OPEN FILE 80-87, P. 28-31

  • Production

    USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 3885. USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 5377

  • Reserve-Resource

    USGS CIRCULAR 252, P. 10-11

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit BANDS OF CHROMITITE IN DUNITE FROM ALPINE ULTRAMAFIC BODY. SOME BANDS ARE SEVERAL HUNDRED FEET LONG AND UP TO 100 FEET THICK, BUT ARE MOSTLY ABOUT 1 FOOT OR LESS THICK.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-JUN-1984 Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 13-APR-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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