The Sheep Mountain Prospect is a chromium mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Sheep Mountain Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sheep 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
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Location): LOCATION APPROXIMATED FROM USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 43B LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991). ; INFO FROM LAND.ST :49?
Comment (Commodity): TRACE NI AND PT PRESENT
Comment (Development): APPARENT POST 1950 ACTIVITY
Comment (Geology): SEE COMMENTS FOR DUST MT. PROSPECT
Comment (Deposit): PRINCIPAL REFERENCE COMBINES DATA FOR DUST MT. AND SHEEP MT.; SEE ALSO: BERNARD MT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): CHROMITE DISSEMINATED IN DUNITE; MAY ALSO BE MASSIVE CHROMITE IN LENSES OR DUST MT. MAY BE ONLY MASSIVE DEPOSIT
References
Reference (Deposit): USBM IC 8626, P. 18
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-438, LOC. 52
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 43B
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 80-892A
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-80-892B-43B
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