Pargon Mountain

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodity Mica
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10112074
MRDS ID A000275
MAS/MILS ID 0020440079
Record type Site
Current site name Pargon Mountain
Alternate or previous names Papagon Mountain, Oregon Creek, Moses Mica Mine

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -163.54722, 65.12824 (WGS84)
Elevation 274
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bendeleben A-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bendeleben SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bendeleben C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nome(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Kateel River 004 S 024 W 23 SWSENW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Mica Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -163.54722, 65.12824

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface-Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Non-metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-AUG-1986 Sbh U.S. Bureau of Mines

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.