The Siniktanneyak Mtn. is a chromium mine located in Alaska.
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Siniktanneyak Mtn. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Siniktanneyak Mtn.
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
District: Noatak
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:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Podiform chromite (minor)
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Comments
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Jansons and Baggs (1980)
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Peridotite in Jurassic? mafic-ultramafic complex contains widespread disseminated chromite and small chromite-bearing lenses, the largest being 8 in. thick and 12 ft. long (Jansons and Baggs, 1980, p. 65-9).
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Lode; podiform chromite
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = See MAS/MILS Sequence #0020200006 (USBM, 1995)
Comment (Geology): Age = Jurassic
References
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., Mayfield, C.F., and Brosge, W.P., 1981, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in eleven quadrangles in northern Alaska (Arctic, Baird Mountains, Chandler Lake, DeLong Mountains, Demarcation Point, Howard Pass, Misheguk Mountain, Mount Michelson, Noatak, Point Lay, and Table Mountain); Supplement to Open-File Report 75-628; Part A, Summaries of data to January 1, 1981: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-767-A, 25 p.
Reference (Deposit): Jansons, Uldis, and Baggs, D.W., 1980, Mineral investigations of the Misheguk Mountains and Howard Pass quadrangles, National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 38-80, 76 p.
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