Kugururok River Chromite

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Chromium
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003395
MRDS ID A106151
Record type Site
Current site name Kugururok River Chromite

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.56371, 68.11947 (WGS84)
Relative position Location plotted is locality listed for Sequence #0020190001 in USBM (1995), about 3 mi (4.8 km) southwest of confluence of Trail Creek with Kugururok River and 1 mi. (1.6 km) southeast of VABN Rok; located to within 2 mi (3.2 km).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Misheguk Mountain A-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Misheguk Mountain S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Misheguk Mountain(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Lower Noatak River(hydrologic unit)

Noatak River-Lisburne Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Noatak National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -161.56371, 68.11947

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Type of occurrence and geologic setting unspecified, but other chromite occurrences in the region have a source in the Jurassic? Avan mafic/ultramafic complex.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Noatak

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1995, SPATIAL DATA EXTRACTED FROM THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM/MINERAL INDUSTRY LOCATION SYSTEM (MAS/MILS): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION 12-95 (CD-ROM)

  • Deposit

    U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1995, SPATIAL DATA EXTRACTED FROM THE MINERALS AVAILABILITY SYSTEM/MINERAL INDUSTRY LOCATION SYSTEM (MAS/MILS): U.S. BUREAU OF MINES SPECIAL PUBLICATION 12-95 (CD-ROM)

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = USBM (1995)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-SEP-1996 J.H. Dover U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Alaska resources

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