Salmon River

The Salmon River is a platinum mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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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

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Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Deposit Type: Placer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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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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