Hagemeister Strait (west of Estus Point)

The Hagemeister Strait (west of Estus Point) is a chromium mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Hagemeister Strait (west of Estus Point)

Commodity

Primary: Chromium

Location

State: Alaska
District: Bristol Bay region

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: Placer PGE-Au

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chromite

Comments

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = No workings are present.

Comment (Geology): Age = Holocene.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Berryhill, 1963

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = A heavy-mineral concentrate from a beach sample contained a trace (less than 1 percent) of chromite (Berryhill, 1963, sample no. 63).

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer PGE-Au; beach (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39b)

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1980, Summaries of data and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in fifteen quadrangles in southwestern and west-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-909, 103 p.

Reference (Deposit): Berryhill, R.V., 1963, Reconnaissance of beach sands, Bristol Bay, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 6214, 48 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Hagemeister Island quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-362, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

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