Mt. Hurst Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Chromium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. General comments
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002585
MRDS ID A015022
Record type Site
Current site name Mt. Hurst Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -156.93966, 63.22249 (WGS84)
Relative position 13 MILES WNW OF OPHIR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ophir A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Ophir SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ophir(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS-OFR 84-22, LOC. 13, FIG. 13, .7 MILE EAST OF MT. HURST SUMMIT. 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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -156.93966, 63.22249

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • IN THIN SECTION, SAMPLE NUMBER 476, EXIBITED "TRAINS" AT CHROME SPINEL.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1981
Discoverer William S. Roberts

Mining district

District name Ophir

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit DISSEMINATED CHROMITE (LESS THAN 1/2%), WITH MINOR CHROMITE BANDING, GENERALLY LESS THAN .5 CM THICK.
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1987 Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.