Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale | HG |
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Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale | D-6 |
Latitude | 58.81 |
Longitude | -161.75 |
Nearby scientific data | Find additional scientific data near this location |
Location and accuracy | The Chagvan Bay occurrence is 4.5 miles of the modern beach, extending from 1.5 miles south of the mouth of Salmon River to the sand spit at the mouth of Chagvan Bay. The map site is at the approximate midpoint of the 4.5-mile-long of beach. This is locality 13 of Cobb (1972 [MF 362]; 1980 [OF 80-909]). |
Geologic descriptionBerryhill (1963) collected 5 auger samples along this segment of the Kuskokwim Bay beach. Heavy mineral concentrates from these samples contained greater than 10 percent chromite and trace amounts of gold and platinum. | |
Geologic map unit | (-161.752221426663, 58.8092139767089) |
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Mineral deposit model | Placer PGE-Au; beach (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39b) |
Mineral deposit model number | 39b |
Age of mineralization | Holocene. |
Workings or exploration | No workings are present; there was surface sampling in the 1950s and probably at other times (Berryhill, 1963). |
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Indication of production | None |
MRDS Number | 10307613 |
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References | |
Reporters | Travis L. Hudson |
Last report date | 3/18/2001 |