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Mt. Hurst Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Chromium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002586
MRDS ID A015023
Record type Site
Current site name Mt. Hurst Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -156.94966, 63.2186 (WGS84)
Relative position 13 MILES WNW OF OPHIR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ophir A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Ophir SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ophir(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS-OFR 84-22, LOC. 14, FIG. 13. 6 MILE SE OF MT. HURST SUMMIT. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Comments on the commodity information

  • NO SAMPLE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Dunite Weathered Light To Dark Brown.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -156.94966, 63.2186
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1981
Discoverer William S. Roberts.

Mining district

District name Ophir

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit LIGHT TO DARK BROWN ALTERED DUNITE WITH VERY MINOR AMOUNTS OF DISSEMINATED CHROME SPINEL OR WISPY, THIN CHROME SPINEL BANDS.
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1987 Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) 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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