The Salmon River is a platinum mine located in Alaska.
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Salmon River MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Salmon River
Secondary: Goodnews Bay Mining Co.
Secondary: Olson and Associates
Secondary: Strandberg and Sons
Commodity
Primary: Platinum
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Chromium
Location
State: Alaska
District: Goodnews Bay District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
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Comments
Comment (Deposit): 1927-1934= 3000 OZ PT METALS RECOVERED FROM THIS AREA, 1934-1937= 18000 OZ PT METALS RECOVERED, 1938= 34000 OZ PT RECOVERED
Comment (Production): TOTAL PRODUCTION OF SALMON RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIER FROM 1934-1936 WAS WELL OVER 500,000 TOZ OF PT METALS, COBB 1973, P. 50
Comment (Geology): HR.AGE.MV: DUNITE, SERPENTINE
References
Reference (Deposit): 10) HOARE AND COONRAD, 1961A (I-321)
Reference (Deposit): 9) SMITH, P. S., 1942B, P. 73-74 (B933-A)
Reference (Deposit): 8) SMITH, P. S., 1941, P. 76-77 (B926-A)
Reference (Deposit): 13) COBB, 1972 (MF 362)
Reference (Deposit): 12) COBB, 1972, P. 29-30 (OF 508)
Reference (Deposit): 7) MERTIE, 1940, P. 65-67 (B918)
Reference (Deposit): 6) SMITH, P. S., 1939B, P. 61, 82-83 (B917-A)
Reference (Deposit): 5) MERTIE, 1939, P. 127-128 (B910-B)
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. S., 1939A, P. 62, 89 (B910-A)
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. S., 1938, P. 83 (B897-A)
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. S., 1937, P. 73 (B880-A)
Reference (Deposit): SMITH, P. S., 1934B, P. 67-68 (B864-A)
Reference (Deposit): 11) MERTIE, 1969, P. 77, 79-88 (P630)
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