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Unnamed Occurrences (ARDF - BT012; on upper Kanuti River), Koyukuk Mining District, Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, USAi
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Unnamed Occurrences (ARDF - BT012; on upper Kanuti River)- not defined -
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Latitude & Longitude (WGS84):
66° 24' 6'' North , 150° 44' 20'' West
Latitude & Longitude (decimal):
66.40167,-150.73889
GeoHash:
G#: beuccb539
GRN:
N45W46
Köppen climate type:
Dfc : Subarctic climate
Mindat Locality ID:
201965
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:201965:2
GUID (UUID V4):
0


See also: Caribou Mountain (BT011); Lower Kanuti (BT014).
Location: This site includes several similar several occurrences in a northeast-southwest-trending area centered about 2 miles northwest of Caribou Mountain. The center of the occurrences is about 0.2 mile southwest of the center of section 10, T. 18 N., R. 15 W. of the Fairbanks Meridian. The other occurrences extend for about 1 mile northeast and and 1 mile southwest in a band that is about one mile wide.
Geology: Several small occurrences of disseminated and massive chromite in dunite and peridotite were found in the upper Kanuti River ultramafic complex (Foley, 1992). The area is geologically similar to the Caribou Mountain occurrence (BT011), but there is little information specific to this site. Samples contain as much as 1.5% chromium (Foley and McDermott, 1983).
Workings: Only surface sampling.
Age: The chromite is an normal primary constituent of Jurassic or older ultramafic rocks.

Commodities (Major) - Cr; (Minor) - Co, Ni, PGE
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Podiform chromite (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 8a)

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Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘChromite4.BB.05Fe2+Cr3+2O4

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OOxygen
Oⓘ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
CrChromium
Crⓘ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4
FeIron
Feⓘ ChromiteFe2+Cr23+O4

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References

Bottge, R.G., 1986, Maps summarizing land availability for mineral exploration and development in northcentral Alaska, 1985: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 70-86, 14 sheets. Clautice, K.H., 1978, Mineral deposits of the Kanuti River area--A summary report: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 66-78, 15 p. Foley, J.Y., 1992, Ophiolite and other ultramafic metallogenic provinces in Alaska (west of the 141th meridian): U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-20-B, 55 p. Foley, J.Y., Barker, J.C., and Brown, L.L., 1985, Critical and strategic minerals investigation in Alaska - chromium: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 97-85, 54 p., 1 sheet. Foley, J.Y., and McDermott, M.M., 1983, Podiform chromite occurrences in the Caribou Mountain and Lower Kanuti River areas, central Alaska; Part 1--Reconnaissance investigations: U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 8915, 27 p., 1 sheet. Herreid, G.H., 1969, Geology and geochemistry, Sithylemenkat Lake area, Bettles quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Mines and Geology Geologic Report 35, 22 p. 1 sheet, scale 1:50,000. Kurtak, J.M., Klieforth, R.F., Clark, J.M., and Maclean, E.A., 2002, Mineral investigations in the Koyukuk mining district, northern Alaska: Final Report: U.S. Bureau of Land Management Technical Report 50, v. 1 and 2, 845 p. Nokleberg, W.J., Bundtzen, T.K., Berg, H.C., Brew, D.A., Grybeck, D.J., Robinson, M.S., Smith, T.E., and Yeend, W., 1987, Significant metalliferous lode deposits and placer districts of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1786, 104 p., 2 plates, scale 1:5,000,000. Patton, W.W., Jr., and Miller, T.P., 1970, Preliminary geologic investigations in the Kanuti River region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1312-J, p. J1-J10.
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