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Bernard Mountain

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Chromium, Nickel, Platinum
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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. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038127
MRDS ID M045413
Record type Site
Current site name Bernard Mountain
Alternate or previous names Red Mountain, Mcwilliams

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -145.15255, 61.53296 (WGS84)
Relative position 45 MILES NE OF VALDEZ

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Valdez C-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Valdez NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdez C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Copper River(hydrologic unit)

Copper River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Analytical data

Result CR= 30%

Nearby scientific data

(1) -145.15255, 61.53296
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 19311.6M
    Width 2413.95M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: DUNITE SILL

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nelchina District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BERG AND COBB, 1967, P. 49, 52 (B1246)

  • Deposit

    JASPER, 1967B, P. 2, 4 (GC 15)

  • Deposit

    COBB AND MATSON, 1972 (MF 438)

Reporter information

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