Commodities
PrimaryPlatinum
Commodity typeM
Geology
Host rockAlluvium
AlterationAll volcanic rocks in the center of the crater exhibit intense argillic alteration and have been totally replaced by white clay (kaolinite?).
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10094075
MRDS IDA013206
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates58.98925, -161.74269
References
Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1969, Economic geology of platinum minerals: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 630, 120 p.Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1976, Platinum deposits in the Goodnews Bay district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 938, 42 p.Cobb, E.H., 1977, Placer deposit map of central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-168B, 64 p., 1 map, scale 1:1,000,000.Cobb, E.H., 1980, Summaries of data and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in fifteen quadrangles in southwestern and west-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-909, 103 p.