Commodities
PrimaryChromium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model16: Podiform chromite (major)
Geology
Host rockDunite
Associated rockDunite,Clinopyroxenite · Halibut Bay Complex
AlterationThe ultramafic country rock is serpentinized?
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10001690
MRDS IDA012469
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates57.35326, -154.58746
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.Dahlin, D.C., Kirby, D.E., and Brown, L.L., 1985, Chromite deposits along the Border Ranges fault, southern Alaska, part 2, Mineralogy and results of beneficiation tests: U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 8991, 37 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.