Mine detail: Red Mountain

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 58.93925, -161.73268

Resource(M)

Primary: PGE
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Nickel, Copper, Chromium
Ore: Chromite, Gold

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host rock:Goodnews Bay Ultramafic Complex;Goodnews Bay Ultramafic Complex;Goodnews Bay Ultramafic Complex
Host type:Dunite
Alteration processes:Partial to complete serpentization of the dunite is common. Mertie (1969, p. 79) reports that 25 percent of the Red Mountain dunite is serpentine.

References

MRDSA013204
DEP10002299
Reference{Deposit:: Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1969, Economic geology of platinum minerals: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 630, 120 p.}{Deposit:: Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1976, Platinum deposits in the Goodnews Bay district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 938, 42 p.}{Deposit:: Bird, M.L., and Clark, A.L., 1976, Microprobe study of olivine chromitites of the Goodnews Bay ultramafic complex, Alaska, and the occurrence of platinum: U.S. Geological Survey Journal of Research, v. 4, p. 717-725.}{Deposit:: Hoare, J.M., and Coonrad, W.L., 1978, Geologic map of the Goodnews and Hagemeister Island quadrangles region, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-9-B, two sheets, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Southwith, D.P., 1986, Geology of the Goodnews Bay ultramafic complex: University of Alaska, Fairbanks, M.Sc. thesis, 115 p.}{Deposit:: Southwith, D.P., and Foley, J.Y., 1986, Lode platinum-group metals potential of the Goodnews Bay ultramafic complex, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 51-86, 82 p.}{Deposit:: 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of Mines Open-File Report 1-88, 230 p.}{Deposit:: Alaska Earth Sciences, 2000, The Goodnews Bay ultramafic complexes: Unpublished data, http://aes.alaska.com/UMAF/FIGURES/page4.html}
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