| Deposit ID | 10056261 |
|---|---|
| MRDS ID | SP01188 |
| Record type | Site |
| Current site name | Alaskite |
| Geographic coordinates: | -110.04941, 45.43825 (WGS84) |
|---|---|
| Elevation | 2804 |
| Relative position | ABOUT 0.8 MI SOUTH OF PICKET PIN MOUNTAIN |
Political divisions (FIPS codes)
Sweet Grass(county)
Montana(state)
United States(country)
North America(continent)
Land(continent)
USGS map quadrangles
Picket Pin Mountain(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)
Gardiner(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)
Bozeman(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)
Hydrologic units (watersheds)
Stillwater(hydrologic unit)
Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic accounting unit)
Upper Yellowstone(hydrologic subregion)
Missouri(hydrologic region)
Federal lands
Custer Gallatin National Forest(National Forest)
National Forest FS(Type of land area)
FS(Federal land areas administered by FS)
| Country | State | County |
|---|---|---|
| United States | Montana | Sweet Grass |
| Commodity | Importance |
|---|---|
| Platinum Critical | Primary |
| Palladium Critical | Primary |
| Chromium Critical | Primary |
| Copper | Primary |
| Nickel Critical | Primary |
| Materials | Type of material |
|---|---|
| Chromite | Ore |
| Result | BULK SAMPLE FROM SEGREGATION ALONG MARGIN OF ALASKITE ASSAYED 5.1 PPM PT, 3.4 PPM PD, 0.4 PPM RH, 0.24 WT% NI, 0.03 WT% CU, AND 5 WT% CR2O3 |
|---|
| (1) | -110.04941, 45.43825 |
|---|
| Type of structure | Regional |
|---|---|
| Structure description | The Stillwater Complex Is Exposed Along The Northern Margin Of The Beartooth Uplift, One Of Several Laramide Basement-Cored Ranges That Make Up The Rocky Mountain Foreland Of South-Central Montana (Foose And Others, 1961: Kulik And Schmidt, 1988) |
| Development status | Occurrence |
|---|---|
| Commodity type | Metallic |
| Deposit size | Small |
| Significant | No |
| District name | In Stillwater Complex |
|---|
| Ownership category | National Forest |
|---|
| Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | SP01188 |
CZAMANSKE AND OTHERS, 1991; CONN, 1979
ZIENTEK, M.L., 1993, MINERAL RESOURCE APPRAISAL FOR LOCATABLE MINERALS: THE STILLWATER COMPLEX, IN HAMMARSTROM, J.M., ZIENTEK, M.L., AND ELLIOTT, J.E., EDS., MINERAL RESOURCE ASSESSMENT OF THE ABSAROKA-BEARTOOTH STUDY AREA, CUSTER AND GALLATIN NATIONAL FORESTS, MONTANA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 93-207, P. F1-F83.
CZAMANSKE, G.K., ZIENTEK, M.L., AND MANNING, C.E., 1991, LOW-K GRANOPHYRES OF THE STILLWATER COMPLEX, MONTANA: AMERICAN MINERALOGIST, V. 76, P. 1646-1661.
CONN, H.K., 1979, THE JOHNS-MANVILLE PLATINUM-PALLADIUM PROSPECT, STILLWATER COMPLEX, MONTANA, U.S.A.: CANADIAN MINERALOGIST, V. 17, P. 463-468.
| Subject category | Comment text |
|---|---|
| Deposit | UNPUBLISHED MODEL NAME: OTHER PGE. |
| Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reporter | 01-AUG-1993 | Peterson, Jocelyn A. | U.S. Geological Survey |
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