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Iron Mountain

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Iron
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10003301
MRDS ID A106044
Record type Site
Current site name Iron Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -157.00345, 67.09954 (WGS84)
Relative position Located at north end of Bannock Mountain, Cosmos Hills, in T. 19 N., R. 9 E., Kateel River Meridian. Shown as locality 5 in Cobb (1972) and is accurate to within 1 mi. (1.6 km). Also shown as locality 25 in Mayfield and Grybeck (1978).??

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Ambler River A-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Ambler River SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Ambler River C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Kobuk River(hydrologic unit)

Kobuk-Selawik Rivers(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NANA Regional Corporation, Incorporated(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Iron Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 241
USGS model code 34a
Deposit model name Superior Fe (BC name is Lake Superior & Rapitan types iron-formation)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -157.00345, 67.09954
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Float samples of magnetite weighing up to 100 lbs. (220 kg), but none seen in bedrock. Most common near bedrock contacts between limestone/marble and schist. (Smith, 1913, p. 153-154).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Shungnak

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Smith, 1913

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Superior Fe ??

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 14-MAY-1997 J.M. Schmidt U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 14-MAY-1997 S.W. Nelson 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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