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Christian River Chromium

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Chromium, PGE
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  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 10003351
MRDS ID A106099
Record type Site
Current site name Christian River Chromium

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -145.62318, 67.38978 (WGS84)
Relative position Hill 2470, in headwaters area of Marten Creek, about 12 miles (19.3 km) west of Christian; within 1 mile (1.6 km).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Christian SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Christian C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Venetie Indian And Neets Ai Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
PGE Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -145.62318, 67.38978
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Chromite associated with peridotitic rocks and yellowish soil contains residual nodules of dark, weakly magnetic material 1-2 inches (25.4-50.8 mm) across. Type of ultramafic occurrence uncertain

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Sheenjek

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Analysis of a 2 lb (0.91 kg) sample of nodules showed 4.5 percent chromium and a trace of platinum and palladium.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM, U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1995, SPATIAL DATA EXTRACTED FROM THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM/MINERAL INDUSTRY LOCATION SYSTEM (MAS/MILS): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION 12-95 (CD-ROM).

  • Deposit

    U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1995, Spatial data extracted from the Minerals Availability System/Minerals Industry Location System (MAS/MILS): U. S. Bureau of Mines Special Publication 12-95, CD-ROM.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = USBM (1995)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Lode

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 03-SEP-1996 J.H. Dover U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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