Mine detail: Halibut Bay 42

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 57.33631, -154.62746

Resource(M)

Primary: Chromium
Ore: Chromite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Dunite
Associated rock:Halibut Bay Complex
Associated type:Gabbro,Peridotite,Dunite,Clinopyroxenite
Alteration processes:The ultramafic country rock is serpentinized.

References

MRDSA012465
DEP10001686
Reference{Deposit:: Foley, J.Y., and Barker, J.C., 1985, Chromite deposits along the Border Ranges fault, part 1, Field investigations and descriptions of chromite deposits: U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 8990, 58 p.}{Deposit:: Dahlin, D.C., Kirby, D.E., and Brown, L.L., 1985, Chromite deposits along the Border Ranges fault, southern Alaska, part 2, Mineralogy and results of beneficiation tests: U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 8991, 37 p.}{Deposit:: Foley, J.Y., Burns, L.E., Schneider, C.L., and Forbes, R.B., 1989, Preliminary report of platinum group element occurrences in Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Public Data File 89-20, 32 p., 1 map sheet, scale 1:2,500,000.}
ReporterS.H. Pilcher