Alaska
Past Producer

Poorman Creek

Alaska, United States
GoldZirconiumUraniumThoriumTinPlatinumCopper
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryZirconium, Uranium, Thorium, Tin, Platinum, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model119: Placer Au-PGE
Materials
Ore mineralsCassiterite, Gold, Ilmenite, Iridium, Magnetite, Platinum, Pyrite, Iridosmine
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10038123
MRDS IDM045408
Alternate namesKast, Nelson and Larson
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates62.58954, -150.81279
References
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