The Dust Mountain Prospect is a chromium mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Dust Mountain Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dust Mountain Prospect
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Nickel
Tertiary: Platinum
Location
State: Alaska
District: Tonsina/Bernard Mountain
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Dunite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Holocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: RICHEST MATERIAL ASSAYED 36% TO 57.7% CHROMITE, CR: FE RATIO OF 1.21 TO 3.06, USGS BULL 1246, P. 52
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Geology): PROSPECT LIES AT NE END OF LARGE DUNITE SILL THAT CROPS OUT DISCONTINUOUSLY OVER AN AREA 12 MI LONG BY 1.5 MI WIDE; APPROXIMATELY PARALLELTO BERNARD MT. FAULT TO THE S, WHICH TRENDS ROUGHLY N 85 E; SILL INTRUDES ROCKS CORRELATIVE WITH MISS TO PERM STRELNA FORMATION
Comment (Location): LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 43A
Comment (Commodity): TRACE NI AND PT PRESENT
Comment (Development): APPARENT POST 1950 ACTIVITY
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: BERNARD MT. PROSPECT ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): SEGREGATION OF CHROMITE IN DUNITE UP TO 10 FT THICK EXPOSED FOR 75FT; TRACE NI AND PT; ALSO DISSEMINATED CHROMITE IN DUNITE
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1246, P. 49, 52
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-438, LOC. 52
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-892A
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 43A
Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 8626, P. 18
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-80-892B-43A
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