Sheep Hill

Occurrence 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. Reserves and resources
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10282922
MAS/MILS ID 0020860189
Record type Site
Current site name Sheep Hill

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -144.99975, 61.58043 (WGS84)
Elevation 1433
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)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Copper River 003 S 002 E 26 SWSENW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Critical Primary
PGE Critical Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -144.99975, 61.58043

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mining district

District name Nelchina

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Unknown

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1991
    Inferred 63000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Chromium Cr2O3 5 wt-pct Chromium Major 1991

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 8990

  • Deposit

    USBM IC 8991

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR 97-85

  • Deposit

    USGS OF (FOLEY, 1991)

Reporter information

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