Alaska
Occurrence

Halibut Bay 43

Alaska, United States
Chromium
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Commodities
PrimaryChromium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model16: Podiform chromite (major)
Materials
Ore mineralsChromite
Geology
Host rockDunite
Associated rockGabbro,Peridotite,Dunite,Clinopyroxenite · Halibut Bay Complex
AlterationThe ultramafic country rock is serpentinized?
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10001683
MRDS IDA012466
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates57.34131, -154.59246
References
Foley, J.Y., and Barker, J.C., 1985, Chromite deposits along the Border Ranges fault, part 1, Field investigations and descriptions of chromite deposits: U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 8990, 58 p.Foley, J.Y., Burns, L.E., Schneider, C.L., and Forbes, R.B., 1989, Preliminary report of platinum group element occurrences in Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Public Data File 89-20, 32 p., 1 map sheet, scale 1:2,500,000.