The Avan Hills is a pge and chromium mine located in Alaska.
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Avan Hills MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Avan Hills
Commodity
Primary: PGE
Primary: Chromium
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Podiform chromite (minor)
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
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Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Platinum and palladium were detected in chromite-bearing dunite (0.014 troy oz/st Pt) and in chromite concentrates (0.016 troy oz/st Pd). Iridium was detected in a pan concentrate sample (0.0036 troy oz/st).
Comment (Reserve-Resource): Reserves = Estimated Cr2O3 content measured in 26 deposits ranges from 465,000 to 1,734,000 short tons. The area contains at least 50 other minor or unmeasured chromite lode occurrences, and also has potential for large, low-grade chromite and PGE placer deposits.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Foley and others (1989)
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Bedrock consists of variably serpentinized rocks of a Jurassic? mafic/ultramafic complex that includes dunite, wehrlite, peridotite, clinopyroxenite, and gabbro.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Podiform chromite
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Age = Jurassic
References
Reference (Deposit): Foley, J.Y., Burns, L.E., Schneider, C.L., and Forbes, R.B., 1989, Preliminary report of platinum group element occurrences in Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Public Data File 89-20, 32 p., 1 map sheet, scale 1:2,500,000.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., Mayfield, C.F., and Brosge, W.P., 1981, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in eleven quadrangles in northern Alaska (Arctic, Baird Mountains, Chandler Lake, DeLong Mountains, Demarcation Point, Howard Pass, Misheguk Mountain, Mount Michelson, Noatak, Point Lay, and Table Mountain); Supplement to Open-File Report 75-628; Part A, Summaries of data to January 1, 1981: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-767-A, 25 p.
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