Alaska
Occurrence
York Creek Placer
Alaska, United States
Tin
Tungsten
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Commodities
Tertiary
Tin, Tungsten
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
N
Materials
Ore minerals
Cassiterite
Gangue
Apatite, Augite, Barite, Calcite, Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Idocrase, Limonite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Other materials
Scheelite
Geology
Host rock
Shale
Economic & production
Development status
Occurrence
Discovery year
1901
Identification
Deposit ID
10003237
MRDS ID
A016054
Region
NA
Data score
B
Coordinates
65.55927, -167.07342
References
USBM RI 5520, P. 7, 15-17 (HOLE NOS. 1-3).USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 7, LOC. 41.BAG-MF-426-48