The Asik Mountain Occurrence is a chromium mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Asik Mountain Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Asik Mountain Occurrence
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: Alaska
District: Noatak
Land Status
Land ownership: National Park
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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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
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Gangue: Magnetite
Comments
Comment (Geology): GEOLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL WORK INDICATES THAT CHROMIUM, COPPER, NICKEL, AND PLATINUM-GROUP METALS ARE PRESENT AT ASIK MOUNTAIN. THE STRUCTURE IS COMPLEX, BUT GENERALLY IT APPEARS THAT THE LAYERED PLUTON HAS INTRUDED CARBONATE ROCKS OF POSSIBLE DEVONIAN AGE. THE CONTACT APPEARS TO BE NEARLY CONFORMABLE, INDICATING THAT THE INTRUSIVE MAY BE SILL-LIKE.
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Location): DEPOSIT NEAR SW PART OF ASIK MTN. THE ASIK MOUNTAIN ULTRAMAFIC COMPLEX IS LOCATED ON NATIVE WITHDRAWAL LAND ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE LOWER NOATAK R. 18 MI. SE OF NOATAK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): AREA BRIEFLY EXAMINED FOR MINERAL POTENTIAL BY WGM ON BEHALF OF THE NANA REGIONAL CORP. IN 1974.
Comment (Deposit): DISSEMINATED CHROMITE AND MAGNETITE IN DUNITE OF AN ULTRAMAFIC BODY WITH POORLY DEFINED LAYERING.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 81-767, P. A22.
Reference (Deposit): USBM OF 103-78, P. 108-110.
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