Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryBismuth
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model121: Shoreline placer Ti
Materials
Ore mineralsBismuth, Gold
GangueIlmenite, Magnetite, Zircon
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10001654
MRDS IDA012429
Alternate namesGroshong's Mine
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates63.21142, -154.766
References
Brown, J.S., 1926, The Nixon Fork country: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 783. p. 97-144.Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1936, Mineral deposits of the Ruby-Kuskokwim region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 864-C, 115-245.Cobb, E.H., 1974, Synopsis of mineral resources and geology of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1307, 53 pages.Bundtzen, T.K., and Miller, M.L., 1997, Precious metals associated with Late Cretaceous-early Tertiary igneous rocks of southwestern Alaska, in Goldfarb, R.J., and Miller, L.D., eds., Economic Geology Monograph #9, Mineral Deposits of Alaska, p. 242-286.Herreid, G.H., 1966, Geology and geochemistry of the Nixon Fork area, Medfra quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals Geologic Report 22, 34 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:40,000.