Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Nickel
SecondaryChromium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model13: Synorogenic-synvolcanic Ni-Cu
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Chromite, Pyrrhotite
Geology
Host rockGabbro
Associated rockGabbro,Peridotite,Pyroxenite · Halibut Bay Complex
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10001694
MRDS IDA012475
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates57.35631, -154.59746
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.