Red Mountain

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Platinum, Chromium, Iron
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Links to other databases
  9. Bibliographic references
  10. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038098
MRDS ID M045377
Record type Site
Current site name Red Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.76935, 58.93258 (WGS84)
Relative position 4-6 MILES SOUTH PLATINUM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hagemeister Island D-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Hagemeister Strait(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hagemeister Island(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kuskokwim Delta(hydrologic unit)

Lower Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Iron Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -161.76935, 58.93258

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: DUNITE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BERRYHILL, 1963, P. 13-16, 48 (RI 6214)

  • Deposit

    MERTIE, 1969, P. 81, 84 (P630)

  • Deposit

    COBB, 1972, P. 29 (OF 508)

  • Deposit

    COBB, 1972 (MF 362)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Blair, Will N. 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.