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Mount Eklutna

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10234262
MRDS ID A011640
MAS/MILS ID 0020850003
Record type Site
Current site name Mount Eklutna
Alternate or previous names Mount Eklutna Chromite, Peters Creek Chromite
Related records 10000967

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Claim
Geographic coordinates: -149.35955, 61.40235 (WGS84)
Elevation 1067
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Anchorage(Municipality)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Anchorage B-7(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Anchorage SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Anchorage(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Anchorage(hydrologic unit)

Knik Arm(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 015 N 001 E 07 SWNWSW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Claim (1) -149.35955, 61.40235
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Anchorage

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category State Park

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit USGS CRIB A000134 LOCATED IN CHUGACH STATE PARK. ESTIMATED 1000 TONS CR2O3 IN 4 DEPOSITS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 19-AUG-1991 Rdc U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Maps centered on this site

Authoritative Alaska resources

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