Commodities
PrimaryChromium, Iron
SecondaryPGE, Copper, Nickel
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model23: Alaskan Cr-Pt (PGE)
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Chromite, Magnetite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10308989
MRDS IDA012398
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates54.92274, -131.31574
References
Irvine, T.N., 1959, The ultramafic complex and related rocks of Duke Island, southeastern Alaska: Pasadena, California Institute of Technology, Ph.D. dissertation, 320 p.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.U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1974, Claim map, Prince Rupert quadrangle: U.S. Bureau of Mines Map 122, scale 1:250,000.Elliott, R.L., Berg, H.C., and Karl, Susan, 1978, map and table describing metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral deposits, Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report, 78-73-B,17 p., scale 1:250,000.Cobb, E.H., and Elliott, R.L., 1980, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-1053, 154 p.Berg, H.C., Elliott, R.L., and Koch, R.D., 1978, Map and tables describing areas of metalliferous mineral resource potential in the Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-73-M, 52 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.