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Hill

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Chromium
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  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 10161314
MRDS ID A013371
MAS/MILS ID 0021160002
Record type Site
Current site name Hill
Alternate or previous names Hill Deposit
Related records 10002447

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -134.94635, 56.92612 (WGS84)
Elevation 1220
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Sitka(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Port Alexander D-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Port Alexander NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Port Alexander(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Central Southeast Alaska(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southeast Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Tongass National Forest(National Forest)

National Forest FS(Type of land area)

FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 057 S 066 E 13 SESWNW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -134.94635, 56.92612
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS CRIB A002659 LONEY AND OTHERS, 1975, PLATE 1 (P 792) CLAIMS STAKED AROUND 1935. ABANDONED BY 1942. COMPOSED OF CHROMITE RICH SILL IN SERPENTINIZED DUNITE. GRADE & SIZE OF DEPOSIT INSUFFICIENT TO BE ECONOMIC.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-FEB-1988 Map 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

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.