Mine detail: Halibut Bay 47

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 57.35937, -154.59746

Resource(M)

Primary: Chromium
Ore: Chromite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

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

References

MRDSA012470
DEP10001689
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:: 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