The Cape Chiniak is a platinum mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Cape Chiniak MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cape Chiniak
Commodity
Primary: Platinum
Location
State: Alaska
District: Kodiak
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Placer PGE-Au
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Platinum
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Platinum dredged by fishermen using suction dredges off Cape Chiniak (S.W. Nelson, USGS, oral communication, 1992).
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = This record
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer PGE-Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39b).
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Platinum has been dredged off the coast of Cape Chiniak by fishermen using suction dredges. The source may be mafic and ultramafic rocks in the Ghost Rocks Formation.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Active
References
Reference (Deposit): Stevens, D.L., 2001, Alaska Resource Data File, Healy quadrangle: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 01-109, 441 p.
Reference (Deposit): THIS RECORD
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