Sheep Mountain Prospect

The Sheep Mountain Prospect is a chromium mine located in Alaska.

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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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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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