Mine detail: Smalls River

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 58.98925, -161.74269

Resource(M)

Primary: Platinum

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host type:Alluvium
Alteration processes:All volcanic rocks in the center of the crater exhibit intense argillic alteration and have been totally replaced by white clay (kaolinite?).

References

MRDSA013206
DEP10094075
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:: Cobb, E.H., 1977, Placer deposit map of central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-168B, 64 p., 1 map, scale 1:1,000,000.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1980, Summaries of data and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in fifteen quadrangles in southwestern and west-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-909, 103 p.}
ReporterTravis L. Hudson