Alaska
Producer

Spruce Creek

Alaska, United States
GoldSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model119: Placer Au-PGE
Materials
Ore mineralsChromite, Gold, Ilmenite, Magnetite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10308980
MRDS IDA015014
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates63.09224, -156.52937
References
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