Red Mountain

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Chromium, Gold, PGE
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. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10258611
MRDS ID A013204
MAS/MILS ID 0021230007
Record type Site
Current site name Red Mountain
Alternate or previous names Nos. 1-2-3-4-5-6 East, Nos. 1-4 West, Big Hurrah, Red Mountain Nos. 1-66, Red Mountain Nos. 150-152, Discovery, Red Mountain Nos. 68-145
Related records 10002299

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -161.75268, 58.94095 (WGS84)
Elevation 381
Location accuracy 100(meters)

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

Calista Corporation(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 014 S 075 W 26 C NW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
PGE Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -161.75268, 58.94095

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the ownership information

  • Previous owner: Goodnews Bay Mining Co., 1960

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • BIRD & CLARK, 1976, P. 717-725 USGS J. OF RESEARCH V.4, NO.6

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS CRIB A001256 USGS CRIB M045377

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JUL-1989 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.