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Mt. Crillon

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Cobalt, Nickel
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  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 10067526
MRDS ID W000307
Record type Site
Current site name Mt. Crillon

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -137.25212, 58.61638 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Hoonah-Angoon(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Mount Fairweather NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount Fairweather(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Glacier Bay(hydrologic unit)

Northern Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Glacier Bay National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Cobalt Critical Primary
Nickel Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Slate

Nearby scientific data

(1) -137.25212, 58.61638
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • GEOL.DESC: LAYERED BASIC INTRUSION (LIKE STILLWATER AND BUSHVELD); HAS SOME LAYERS RICH IN PYRRHOTITE, CHALCOPYRITE, PENTLANDITE.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name East Of Lituya Bay

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • UNKNOWN. STUDY NEEDED.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    KENNEDY, G. C. AND WALTON, M. S., JR., 1946, USGS BULL. 947-D, P. 65-84

  • Reserve-Resource

    UNPUBLISHED CO-NI REPORTS

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LESS THAN 0.1% NI; LESS THAN 0.1% CO.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-1972 Coury, Anny B. 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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