Alaska
Occurrence

Unnamed (on Blashke Islands)

Alaska, United States
PGENickelCopperChromium
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Commodities
PrimaryPGE, Nickel, Copper, Chromium
Deposit
Model23: Alaskan Cr-Pt (PGE)
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Chromite, Platinum, Palladium, Iridium, Ruthenium, Osmium, Rhodium
Geology
AlterationNone other than hornfelsing of the country rock adjacent to the complex.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10308063
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates56.12173, -132.88984
References
Kennedy, G.C. and Walton, M.S., Jr., 1946, Geology and associated mineral deposits of some ultrabasic rocks in southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 947-D, p. 65-84.Walton, M.S., 1951, The Blashke Island ultrabasic complex with notes on related areas in southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 126, 266 p.Taylor, H.P., 1967, The zoned ultramafic complexes of southeastern Alaska, in Wyllie, P.J., ed., UIltramafic and related rocks: New York, J. Wiley and Sons, p. 97-121.Clark, A.L., and Greenwood, W.R., 1972, Geochemistry and distribution of platinum-group metals in mafic to ultramafic complexes of southern and southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 800-C, p. C157-C160.Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Petersburg quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-415, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.Himmelberg, G.R., Loney, R.A., and Craig, J.T., 1986, Petrogenesis of the ultramafic complex at the Blashke Islands, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1662, 14 p.Himmelberg, G.R., and Loney, R.A., 1995, Characteristics and petrogenesis of Alaskan-type ultramafic-mafic intrustions, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1564, 47 p.Maas, K.M., Bittenbender, P E., and Still, J.C., 1995, Mineral investigations in the Ketchikan mining district, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 11-95, 606 p.Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Petersburg quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-870, 53 p.Cobb, E. H., 1972, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Petersburg Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-870, 53 p.