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Red Mountain West Side

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Chromium, Iron, PGE
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Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10258450
MAS/MILS ID 0021230002
Record type Site
Current site name Red Mountain West Side
Alternate or previous names Walter Culver, Strandberg and Sons, Shonbeck and Beaton, Haraldsen and Wicklund, A. D. Mcrae, W. W. Johnson, Martin Roslund, Ed Harwood

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Ore Body
Geographic coordinates: -161.77908, 58.91595 (WGS84)
Elevation 198
Location accuracy 500(meters)
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Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Seward 014 S 075 W 34 SW Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Chromium Tertiary
Iron Tertiary
PGE Primary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1) -161.77908, 58.91595
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Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Surface
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Unknown

Comments on the ownership information

  • Previous owners: Haroldson, Wicklund, Brevick & Burness,1936

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency Database name Acronym Record ID Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines Minerals Availability System MAS 0021230002

Bibliographic references

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 123-011

  • Ownership

    ALASKA KARDEX 123-017

  • Deposit

    RI6214 pp. 13-16, 48

  • Deposit

    P630 pp. 81, 84

  • Deposit

    MF362

  • Deposit

    OF508 p. 29

  • Deposit

    B1374 pp. 49-50

  • Deposit

    P938 pp. 5, 39

  • Deposit

    OF77-168B p. 24, Nos. 7, 9

  • Deposit

    OF77-168D p. 50, No. 5

  • Deposit

    OF80-909 p. 26

  • Deposit

    OF82-719 p. 9, No. 206

  • Deposit

    MR101-3 pp. 13-16

  • Deposit

    IR JCR 380901 p. 3

  • Deposit

    MS THESIS U AK 7 115 pp.

  • Deposit

    BMOF51-86 82 pp.

  • Deposit

    MA THESIS U TX 2 179 PP.

  • Deposit

    BMOF1-88 PP.6-7,16-18,27,29,31,84-86,177,179-186

Comments on the references

  • BIRD & CLARK, 1976, P. 717-725 USGS J. OF RESEARCH V.4,NO. 6

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Goodnews Mining District MUCH DRILLING AND MANUAL PROSPECTING ALONG THE WEST SIDE OF RED MOUNTAIN PRODUCED VIRTUALLY NO PLATINUM; HOWEVER, IN LATER YEARS A LITTLE PLATINUM WAS FOUND AND RECOVERED FROM AMPITHEATRICAL OPENING IN THE SW WALL OF RED MTN. (P630).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JUL-1989 Dwb U.S. Bureau of Mines