Deposit ID | 10002306 |
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MRDS ID | A013213 |
Record type | Site |
Current site name | Fox Gulch Platinum Placer |
Alternate or previous names | Claims: 1a, Discovery |
Geographic coordinates: | -161.74907, 58.92119 (WGS84) |
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Relative position | 0.7 MI. SW OF GOODNEWS MINING CAMP |
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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 |
Materials | Type of material |
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Gold | Gangue |
Ilmenite | Gangue |
Chromite | Unknown |
Host or associated | Host | ||
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Rock type | Plutonic Rock > Ultramafic Intrusive Rock > Peridotite | ||
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Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Unconsolidated Deposit > Gravel |
(1) | -161.74907, 58.92119 |
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Development status | Producer |
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Commodity type | Metallic |
Deposit size | Small |
Significant | No |
Discovery year | 1926 |
Discoverer | Walter Smith |
Year of first production | 1927 |
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 | A013213 |
USGS MF-362, LOC. 12 (1972)
USGS P 938 P. 4, 5, 23-24 (1976)
USGS OF 80-909, P. 19 (1980)
USGS B 918, P. 57-62 (1940)
USBM OFR 51-86, P. 2, 6-7 (1986)
BAG-MF-362-12
Subject category | Comment text |
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Deposit | PLACER DEPOSIT CONSISTS OF LARGE, SUBANGULAR GRAVELS AVERAGING 8-12 IN. IN DIAMETER, MADE UP OF ULTRABASIC ROCKS. PLATINUM METALS OCCUR MAINLY ON SURFACE AND IN CREVICES ON BEDROCK, BUT ALSO WITHIN LOWER 2-3 FT. OF GRAVELS. UPPER 1/2-2/3 OF ALLUVIUM IS REMOVED AND DUMPED ASIDE DURING MINING. LENGTH OF PAYSTREAK IS 2,600 FT., AVERAGE WIDTH IS 75 FT.. DEPTH OF OVERBURDEN NOT RECORDED. BOULDERS UP TO 3 FT. DIA. ALSO PRESENT. |
Deposit | STREAM GRADIENT IS 625 FT/MI. TRIBUTARY OF PLATINUM CREEK. SINCE PLATINUM METALS DO NOT OCCUR IN PLATINUM CREEK ABOVE FOX GULCH, SO FOX GULCH CAN BE SAID TO CONSTITUTE HEADWATER OF PLATINUM CREEK PAYSTREAK. FIRST PLATINUM DISCOVERY IN GOODNEWS BAY DISTRICT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT |
Deposit | THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE. |
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 01-MAY-1987 | Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) | U.S. Geological Survey |