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Misheguk Mountain

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Asbestos, Chromium, Copper
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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 10136180
MRDS ID A002071
MAS/MILS ID 0020190003
Record type Site
Current site name Misheguk Mountain
Alternate or previous names Eskimo, Misheguk Mt., Misheguk Copper, Misheguk Mountain Asbestos, Irishman, Northerner, Misheguk Asbestos

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -161.00371, 68.24948 (WGS84)
Elevation 800
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

North Slope(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Misheguk Mountain A-4(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

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Kateel River 033 N 010 W 21 NW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Tertiary
Chromium Critical Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -161.00371, 68.24948
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Prospect
Commodity type Both
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    BMOF103-78

  • Deposit

    ALASKA KARDEX 019-001, 019-002

  • Deposit

    OF77-166C

  • Deposit

    E&MJ, MAY, 1979, P78, #3.

  • Deposit

    MTA 82, #A-9.

  • Deposit

    FOLEY, BARKER, DAHLIN, AND BROWN, 1984, PP20-22, (BOM OFR).

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit THIS PROPERTY COULD BE RELATED TO SEQ# 0020190022.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-JUN-96 Dwb U.S. Bureau of Mines

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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