Claim Point

The Claim Point is a chromium mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 200 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

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: Claim Point
Secondary: Reef Deposit

Commodity

Primary: Chromium
Tertiary: Iron
Tertiary: Aluminum

Location

State: Alaska
District: Homer District

Land Status

Land ownership: Private
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: State Lease
Type: Patented

Workings

Type: Surface

Ownership

Owner Name: Wallace Mcgegor
Percent: 25.00

Owner Name: Union Carbide Corp.
Percent: 25.00
Home Office: New York

Owner Name: Red Mt. Chromite
Percent: 50.00

Production

Year: 1918
Description: Average Grade=40% Cr2o3 1000 Long Tons Ore
Year: 1917
Description: Average Grade=46-49% Cr2o3 1000 Long Tons Ore

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Surface
Mining Method: Open Pit
Milling Method: Gravity
Year First Production: 1917
Discovery Year: 1909
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y
Deposit Size: M

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

Unknown: Chromite
Unknown: Garnet
Unknown: Uvarovite
Unknown: Olivine
Unknown: Pyroxene
Unknown: Serpentine

Comments

Comment (Economic Factors): CHROME TO IRON RATIO: 2.71 TO 1.

Comment (Reserve-Resource): R1=M1C1 CHROME TO IRON RATIO=2.71:1 POSSIBLE LARGE LOW GRADE CHROMIUM RESOURC MAY REMAIN:

Comment (Ownership): OWNERSHIP - RED MT. CHROMITE 50%, UNION CARBIDE 25%, WALLACE MCGREGOR 25% OWNER ADDRESS: UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION 270 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK, N.Y. 10017 JOE MANGA HAS STATE OFFSHORE PROSPECTING PERMIT FOR CLAIM PT OWNER ADDRESS: JOE MANGA P.O. BOX 844 FAIRBANKS, ALASKA 99707

References

Reference (Deposit): MF397

Reference (Deposit): OF77-169A p. 54

Reference (Deposit): OF77-236

Reference (Deposit): OF78-1E p. 17

Reference (Deposit): E&MJ 7905 p. 83, No. 166

Reference (Deposit): OF80-87 pp. 11-13

Reference (Deposit): OF82-719 p. 9, No. 213

Reference (Deposit): AMR 81-82 p. 40

Reference (Deposit): MTA 82 No. D-74

Reference (Deposit): IC8990 pp. 41-43

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 104-008

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 104-009

Reference (Reserve-Resource): WAR MINERALS REPORT253 p. 1

Reference (Reserve-Resource): IC8990 p. 42

Reference (Deposit): B442i pp. 168-169

Reference (Deposit): B587 pp. 237-238

Reference (Deposit): B662b p. 22

Reference (Deposit): B692n pp. 265-267

Reference (Deposit): B712a pp. 23, 34

Reference (Deposit): B712d pp. 100-111

Reference (Deposit): B714a p. 40

Reference (Deposit): B742 pp. 1-2

Reference (Deposit): RI4419

Reference (Deposit): B931G pp. 129-143

Reference (Deposit): WAR MINERALS REPORT253

Reference (Deposit): IC7379 pp. 69-70

Reference (Deposit): C252 pp. 10-11

Reference (Deposit): B1246 pp. 78-79

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