Nail Ridge

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Chromium, Copper, Nickel, Platinum
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. Mining district
  10. Mineral rights holdings
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10160794
MRDS ID A012490
MAS/MILS ID 0020590065
Record type Site
Current site name Nail Ridge
Related records 10001707

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -144.87455, 64.75582 (WGS84)
Elevation 1686
Location accuracy 1000(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 D-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

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

Big Delta(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 014 E 11 SESWNE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Copper Tertiary
Nickel Critical Tertiary
Platinum Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -144.87455, 64.75582

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Fairbanks District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    AK DIV MINES SP RPT 2

  • Deposit

    USGS OF 78-529D

  • Deposit

    USGS OF (FOLEY, 1991)

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR 176-84

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 11-JUL-1995 Djb 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.