The Standard Oil Company is a chromium mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 16 feet.
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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
Elevation: 16 Feet (5 Meters)
Commodity: Chromium
Lat, Long: 57.1667, -154.51670
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Standard Oil Company MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Standard Oil Company
Secondary: Grammer No. 1
Secondary: Rex Creek South Fork
Secondary: Trail Creek
Secondary: West Coast Beach Placer
Secondary: Salmon Creek
Secondary: Tidewater Association
Secondary: Union Oil Company
Secondary: Salmon Creek Head
Secondary: Bear Creek Unit
Secondary: Bear Creek
Secondary: Paule Bay
Secondary: Cosatello
Secondary: Oil Creek
Secondary: Pacific Oil and Commercial Well 1-2
Secondary: Dry Creek
Secondary: Becharof Creek
Commodity
Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Gold
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Platinum
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Land ownership: Federal
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
Type: Unknown
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Placer
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
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
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): WELLS DRILLED FOR THESE KARDEXES ALL OTHER KARDEX REFER TO OIL SEEP LOCATIONS. POINT PLOTTED ON MAP IS LOCATION OF COBB, 1972, LOC. 5 (MF 459)
Comment (Reference): BALL ASSOCIATES, 1964, P.18-19,26,34-35 (USBM MONOGRAPH 12)
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 130-003
Reference (Deposit): OF77-169F p. 16, No. 5
Reference (Deposit): OF79-860 pp. 7-8
Reference (Deposit): OF82-719 pp. 9-10, Nos. 220-222
Reference (Deposit): B926A p. 37
Reference (Deposit): B933A p. 36
Reference (Deposit): OM126
Reference (Deposit): B1094 p. 34
Reference (Deposit): P630 p. 90
Reference (Deposit): MF459
Reference (Deposit): OF508 pp. 24-25
Reference (Deposit): AOF31 p. 4
Reference (Deposit): B1374 pp. 39-40
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 130-004
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 130-005
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 130-006
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 130-007
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 130-008
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 130-009
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 130-010
Reference (Deposit): AR18b p. 86
Reference (Deposit): B467 p. 123
Reference (Deposit): B542h pp. 134-135
Reference (Deposit): B662b p. 23
Reference (Deposit): B666P p. 96
Reference (Deposit): B692q pp. 299-319
Reference (Deposit): B714a p. 38
Reference (Deposit): B719 p. 65
Reference (Deposit): B783c p. 87
Reference (Deposit): B789 p. 52
Reference (Deposit): B836a p. 31
Reference (Deposit): B880C p. 172
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