Alaska
Producer

Salmon River

Alaska, United States
GoldMercuryChromiumDiamond
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryMercury, Chromium, Diamond
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model120: Placer PGE-Au
Materials
Ore mineralsChromite, Cinnabar, Diamond, Gold, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Mercury, Sperrylite, Tetraferroplatinum
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10308863
MRDS IDA013215
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates58.90925, -161.71268
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., 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.Fechner, S.A., 1988, Bureau of Mines mineral investigation of the Goodnews Bay mining district, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 1-88, 230 p.Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Hagemeister Island quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-362, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.