Showing with commodities rare earth elements, zinc, niobium, titanium, zinc, arsenic, strontium, thorium, yttrium, zirconium
More information at and near this site: REE-AK00167
| Feature ID | REE-Mo00618 |
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| Other names | Salmon River Junction |
| Geographic coordinates | -134.460288, 58.066769 |
| Point definition | Lat-long coordinates from source |
| Reference | Wells and others (1986); Page 97 Date: 1986; Scale: Medium (1:24,000-1:250,000)
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| Commodities | rare earth elements; zinc; niobium; titanium; zinc; arsenic; strontium; thorium; yttrium; zirconium |
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| Valuable materials | pegamite |
| Mineralization style | veins (1) |
| Host lithologies | granite; migmatite; contact-metamorphic rocks |
| Reference | Wells, D.E., Pittman, T.L., Brew, D.A. and Douglass, S.L., 1986, Map and description of the mineral deposits in the Juneau, Taku River, Atlin, and part of the Skagway quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-717, 332 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000. |
| Additional references | (1) Berg (1960) |
Pegmatite veins containing Y, Zr, Nb, Th and REE's La, Ce, Pr, and Nd associated with granite, migmatite, and contact-metamorphic rocks.
Berg, H.C., 1960, Three areas of possible mineral resource potential in southeastern Alaska: in Geological survey research 1960, Short papers in the geological sciences: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 400-B, p. B38-B39.
| Type | Model | Reference |
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| Deposit model | unclassified | |
| Geoenvironmental model | unclassified |
| Dates | Status | Detail | Reference |
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| 1985 to 1985 | Exploration | Active claims at this site | Wells and others (1985) |