Chagvan Bay

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Chromium, Gold, 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. Mineral rights holdings
  10. Land status
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10258175
MRDS ID A001250
MAS/MILS ID 0021230005
Record type Site
Current site name Chagvan Bay

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -161.75547, 58.82705 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 500(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hagemeister Island D-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Hagemeister Strait(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hagemeister Island(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kuskokwim Delta(hydrologic unit)

Lower Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Federal(land status)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 015 S 075 W 34 E2E2 Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -161.75547, 58.82705

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    RI6214 pp. 13-16, 48

  • Deposit

    MF362

  • Deposit

    B1374 p. 50

  • Deposit

    OF80-909 p. 15

  • Deposit

    OF82-719 p. 9, No. 207

  • Deposit

    OF77-168B p. 24

  • Deposit

    OF77-168D p. 50

  • Deposit

    P630 120 pp.

  • Deposit

    PHD THESIS U WI 1 pp. 537-545

  • Deposit

    BMOF1-88 pp. 16,19,24,31,95-96,214-215

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JUL-1989 Dwb 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.