Commodities
PrimaryChromium
TertiaryOsmium, Copper, Palladium, Rhodium, Iridium, Platinum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Orebody formNUGGET
Ore controlSource Region And Direction Of Glacial Transport
Geology
Host rockGlacial Sediment
Tectonic settingNorth American Paleozoic Platform
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1880
Identification
Deposit ID10038135
MRDS IDM045421
Alternate namesPlattsburgh
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates44.69469, -73.4473
References
KEMP, J.F., 1902, THE GEOLOGIC RELATIONS AND DISTRIBUTION OF PLATINUM AND ASSOCIATED METALS: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 193, P. 57-59