Ricks Hill Prospect

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Chromium, Copper, Gold, Lead, Nickel, Platinum, Silver, Zinc
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. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10136099
MRDS ID A000356
MAS/MILS ID 0020590001
Record type Site
Current site name Ricks Hill Prospect
Alternate or previous names Big Boy, Salcha River Chromite, Nickel Queen, Nickel King, Yellow Dog, Rabbit Foot, War Baby

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -145.40286, 64.72611 (WGS84)
Elevation 1027
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairbanks North Star(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Big Delta C-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Big Delta NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Big Delta C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 002 S 012 E 19 E2E2 Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Gold Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Platinum Critical Tertiary
Silver Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -145.40286, 64.72611

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Rdc 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.