Commodities
SecondaryChromium, Gold, Tungsten, Fluorine-Fluorite
TertiaryChromium, Fluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeB
Materials
Ore mineralsChromite, Fluorite, Goethite, Gold, Scheelite
GangueBiotite, Chlorite, Garnet, Muscovite, Sericite, Sphene
Geology
Host rockGneiss
Associated rockGneiss
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10002009
MRDS IDA012854
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates64.43651, -165.01047
References
White, M.G., West, W.S., and Matsko, J.J., 1953, Reconnaissance for radioactive deposits in the vicinity of Teller and Cape Nome, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 244, 8 p.Sainsbury, C.L., Hummel, C.L., and Hudson, Travis, 1972, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Nome quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-326, 28 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-463, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File report 78-93, 213 p.Patrick, B.E. and McClelland, W.C., 1995, Late Proterozoic granitic magmatism on Seward Peninsula and a Barentian origin for Arctic Alaska-Chukotka: Geology, v. 23, p. 81-94.