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Platinum Creek

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Platinum, Gold, Chromium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10038094
MRDS ID M045372
Record type Site
Current site name Platinum Creek
Alternate or previous names Goodnews Bay Mining Co., Olson and Associates, Strandberg and Sons, Thorsen, Tonietzko and Bennett, Wickert

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -161.73601, 58.92425 (WGS84)
Relative position 5 MILE SOUTH OF PLATINUM

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Hagemeister Island D-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Hagemeister Strait(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Hagemeister Island(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kuskokwim Delta(hydrologic unit)

Lower Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Calista Corporation(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Platinum Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Chromium Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chromite Ore
Ilmenite Ore
Magnetite Ore

Analytical data

Result IR= 27.85%, OS= 5.24%, PT= 62%, = PT CONCENTRATE

Nearby scientific data

(1) -161.73601, 58.92425
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Length 3218.6M
    Width 182.88M

Comments on the geologic information

  • HR.AGE.MV: DUNITE, SERPENTINE

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Production years 1927-1934

Comments on the production information

  • 1937 PT NUGGET FOUND WEIGHED .25 OZ

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1930, P. 60 (B810)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1932, P. 66 (B824)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1933A, P. 68 (B836)

  • Deposit

    SMITH, P. S., 1933B, P. 66 (B844-A)

  • Deposit

    5) SMITH, P. S., 1934A, P. 62 (B857-A)

  • Deposit

    6) SMITH, P. S., 1934B, P. 67 (B864-A)

  • Deposit

    7) SMITH, P. S., 1936, P. 70 (B868-A)

  • Deposit

    8) SMITH, P. S., 1938, P. 83 (B897-A)

  • Deposit

    9) MERTIE, 1939, P. 120-125 (B910-B)

  • Deposit

    10) SMITH, P. S., 1939B, P. 82-83 (B917-A)

  • Deposit

    11) MERTIE, 1940, P. 57-64 (B918)

  • Deposit

    12) SMITH, P. S., 1942B, P. 73-74 (B933-A)

  • Deposit

    13) MERTIE, 1969, P. 77, 80-81, 84-87 (P630)

  • Deposit

    14) COBB, 1973, P. 30 (OF 508)

  • Deposit

    15) COBB, 1972 (MF 362)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1975 Blair, Will N. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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