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Carden Hills

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. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003399
MRDS ID A106155
Record type Site
Current site name Carden Hills

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -141.2025, 62.29972 (WGS84)
Relative position Best location: Richter and others, 1975, USGS MF-655K. Accuracy unknown.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nabesna B-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Nabesna SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nabesna(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Wrangell-St. Elias National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
PGE Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 15
USGS model code 8a
Deposit model name Podiform chromite (minor)
Mark3 model number none

Nearby scientific data

(1) -141.2025, 62.29972
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Disseminated chromite in serpentinized peridotite.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Mining district

District name Chisana

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = None

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Foley, J.Y., and others, 1985, Critical and strategic minerals investigation in Alaska; chromium: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report, 97-85,54 p., 1 sheet.

  • 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 = Foley and others, 1985, USBM OFR 97-85

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Podiform chromite
Deposit Other Comments = Discovered 1984

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-FEB-1997 D. Singer U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 19-FEB-1997 Richter, D.H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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