Alaska
Past Producer

Little Squaw Creek

Alaska, United States
GoldLeadTungstenArsenic
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryLead, Tungsten, Arsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model119: Placer Au-PGE
Materials
Ore mineralsGold
Geology
Host rockGreenstone
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10001768
MRDS IDA012557
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates67.56974, -148.16329
References
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