Dust Mountain

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Chromium, PGE
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. Ownership information
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10183452
MRDS ID A011493
MAS/MILS ID 0020860002
Record type Site
Current site name Dust Mountain
Related records 10000840

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -144.94725, 61.60294 (WGS84)
Elevation 1250
Location accuracy 10(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

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

Valdez NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Valdez(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Copper River(hydrologic unit)

Copper River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Ahtna, Incorporated(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 003 S 003 E 18 C SWSW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -144.94725, 61.60294

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1956

Mining district

District name Nelchina

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Ownership information

  • Type Owner-Operator
    Owner Alaska Yukon Minerals Inc.
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1975

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • INFERRED RESERVES OF 4.8 MILLION METRIC TONS CR2O3.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-AUG-1991 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.