Deposit ID | 10002299 |
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MRDS ID | A013204 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Red Mountain |
Related records | 10258611 |
Geographic coordinates: | -161.73268, 58.93925 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | This prospect is on the east side of Red Mountain on the ridge between Boulder and Squirrel Creek drainages. The map site is at the approximate center of a large soil geochemistry anomaly at an elevation of about 1,000 feet. It is accurately located. |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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PGE | Primary |
Gold | Secondary |
Chromium | Tertiary |
Copper | Tertiary |
Nickel | Tertiary |
Gold | Secondary |
Chromium | Secondary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Chromite | Ore |
Gold | Ore |
Model code | 23 |
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USGS model code | 9 |
Deposit model name | Alaskan Cr-Pt (PGE) |
Mark3 model number | 120 |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite > Dunite |
Rock unit name | Goodnews Bay Ultramafic Complex;Goodnews Bay Ultramafic Complex;Goodnews Bay Ultramafic Complex |
Rock description | Goodnews Bay Ultramafic Complex;Goodnews Bay Ultramafic Complex;Goodnews Bay Ultramafic Complex |
(1) | -161.73268, 58.93925 |
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Development status | Prospect |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
District name | Goodnews Bay |
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A013204 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | HG006 |
Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1969, Economic geology of platinum minerals: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 630, 120 p.
Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1976, Platinum deposits in the Goodnews Bay district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 938, 42 p.
Bird, M.L., and Clark, A.L., 1976, Microprobe study of olivine chromitites of the Goodnews Bay ultramafic complex, Alaska, and the occurrence of platinum: U.S. Geological Survey Journal of Research, v. 4, p. 717-725.
Hoare, J.M., and Coonrad, W.L., 1978, Geologic map of the Goodnews and Hagemeister Island quadrangles region, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-9-B, two sheets, scale 1:250,000.
Southwith, D.P., 1986, Geology of the Goodnews Bay ultramafic complex: University of Alaska, Fairbanks, M.Sc. thesis, 115 p.
Southwith, D.P., and Foley, J.Y., 1986, Lode platinum-group metals potential of the Goodnews Bay ultramafic complex, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 51-86, 82 p.
Fechner, S.A., 1988, Bureau of Mines mineral investigation of the Goodnews Bay mining district, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 1-88, 230 p.
Alaska Earth Sciences, 2000, The Goodnews Bay ultramafic complexes: Unpublished data, http://aes.alaska.com/UMAF/FIGURES/page4.html
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | Model Name = Alaskan PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 9) |
Deposit | Other Comments = the Red Mountain dunite is probably the major source of platinum metals in the placer deposits of the Salmon River drainage. |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 18-MAR-2001 | Travis L. Hudson | Applied Geology |