Mine detail: Red Bluff Bay Chromite Prospects

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

56.86444, -134.71027

Resource(M)

Primary:	Chromium
Ore:	Chromite
Gangue:	Olivine, Pyroxene, Serpentine
Orebody form:	TABULAR, LENS, POD
Discovery year:	1933

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Dunite
Associated type:	Dunite
Structure:	Phyllite And Schist Country Rock In Open Folds Trending N 30 Degrees W, Plunging 10 Degrees-50 Degrees Se
Tectonic:	Chugach Terrane

References

MRDS	A013372
DEP	10094083
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS B 936-G, PLATE 22 (1942)}{Deposit:: USGS OF 78-787, P. 21 (1978)}{Deposit:: USGS MF-464, LOC. 14 (1972)}{Other Database:: BAG-B-936-G-PL-22-1,2}{Reserve-Resource:: USGS B936-G, P. 186}
Reporter	Niles, L.P. (Huber, D.F.)