Alaska
Occurrence

Unnamed

Alaska, United States
ChromiumNickel
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Commodities
PrimaryChromium
SecondaryNickel
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model15: Podiform chromite (minor)23: Alaskan Cr-Pt (PGE)
Materials
Ore mineralsChromite
Geology
AlterationSlight serpentinization of olivine.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10000974
MRDS IDA011647
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates61.62957, -148.65265
References
Clark, S.H.B., 1972, The Wolverine complex, a newly discovered layered ultramafic body in the western Chugach Mountains, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 522, 10 p.MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous mineral deposits in the eastern part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-A, 99 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Anchorage quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-409, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials in the Anchorage quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-1095, 184 p.