Alaska
Past Producer

Salt Chuck

Alaska, United States
CopperPalladiumPlatinumGoldIronSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Palladium, Platinum, Gold
TertiaryIron, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeY
WorkingsUnknown
Ore controlPt Metals Disseminated In Pyroxene And Gabbro
Materials
Ore mineralsBiotite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Gold
Geology
Host rockGranite
StructureCountry Rock Very Fractured
AlterationPyroxenes Alterted To Epidote & Chlorite
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10038082
MRDS IDM045359
Alternate namesAlaska Gold and Metals Co., Alaska Palladium Co, Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co. of Canada, Goodro Mining Co., Joker, KoelPalladium, Salt Chuck Mining Co., Solar Development Co, Theis
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates55.63306, -132.56848
References
WRIGHT, C.W., AND PAIGE, 1908, P. 110-111 (B345)WRIGHT, F.E., AND WRIGHT, C.W., 1908, P. 125-126 (B347)WRIGHT, C.W., 1909, P. 79 (B379)BROOKS, 1910, P. 38 (B442)KNOPF, 1910A, P. 141 (B442)BROOKS, 1911C, P. 80 (B480)WRIGHT, C. W., 1915, P. 77, 85-86, 98-99 (P87)CHAPIN, 1916, P. 83, 85 (B642)SMITH, S. S., 1917A, P. 29, 52 (BMB 142)BROOKS, 1918, P. 22 (B662)CHAPIN, 1918A, P. 65 (B662)BROOKS, 1919, P. 96 (B666)MARTIN, 1919, P. 28 (B692)CHAPIN, 1919A, P. 86 (B692)MARTIN, 1920, P. 23, 28 (B712)BROOKS, 1921, P. 18-19, 38 (B714)BROOKS AND MARTIN, 1921, P. 69, 71 (B714)MERTIE, 1921A, P. 121-127 (B714)BROOKS, 1922, P. 21, 23, 34-35 (B722)BROOKS, 1923, P. 13, 20 (B739)BROOKS AND CAPPS, 1924, P. 17, 23 (B755)BROOKS, 1925, P. 30-31 (B773)SMITH, P. S., 1926, P. 20, 24-26 (B783)BUDDINGTON, 1926, P. 41 (B783)DAVIS, C. W., 1926, P. 1, 4 (RI 2731)MOFFITB, 1927, P. 10, 25-28, 33 (B792)SMITH, P. S., 1929, P. 10, 32-33, 39 (B797)BUDDINGTON AND CHAPIN, 1929, P. 319, 322-323, 351, 370SMITH, P. S., 1930A, P. 13, 51-52 (B810)SMITH, P. S., 1930B, P. 16, 59 (B813)SMITH, P. S., 1932, P. 17, 59, 65 (B824)SMITH, P. S., 1933A, P. 15, 61-62, 67-68 (B836)SMITH, P. S., 1933B, P.