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Greenstone Creek

Occurrence, Inactive

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Commodities and mineralogy

Main commodities Pt
Ore minerals platinum

Geographic location

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Latitude 65.17
Longitude -161.14
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Location and accuracy This reported occurrence is on Greenstone Creek near its junction with Dime Creek. The map site is in section 4, T. 4S., R. 12 W., Kateel River Meridian.

Geologic setting

Geologic description

A placer deposit of platinum reportedly is in the gravels of Greenstone Creek, and in the gravels of Dime Creek below the mouth of Greenstone Creek (Mertie, 1918).
Geologic map unit (-161.14260841315, 65.1693225402875)
Mineral deposit model Placer PGE-Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).
Mineral deposit model number 39a
Age of mineralization Quaternary.

Production and reserves

Indication of production Undetermined

References

MRDS Number 10307309

References

Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Candle, Holy Cross, Norton Bay, Nulato, and Unalakleet quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-866, 102 p.
Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1918, Placer mining on Seward Peninsula in Brooks, A.H., and others, Mineral resources of Alaska, report on progress of investigations in 1916: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 662, p. 451-458.
Reporters Anita Williams (Anchorage, AK)
Last report date 1/12/2000