Latitude: 59°7'11"N
Longitude: 161°49'11"W
Location: This occurrence is on the north shore of Goodnews Bay, 7 miles due north of Platinum and 2.5 miles west-northwest of Beluga Hill. It is locality 12 of Hoare and Cobb (1977) and of Cobb and Condon (1972).
Geology: Berryhill (1963) collected samples of modern beach deposits at six locations along the northwest shore of Goodnews Bay. The pan concentrate of the beach sediment at this location contained a trace of chromite (Berryhill, 1963, p. 15).
Workings: Reconnaissance sampling of beach sands was completed in 1958 or 1959 (Berryhill, 1963).
Age: Holocene.
Commodities (Major) - Cr
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Placer beach deposits
References
Berryhill, R.V., 1963, Reconnaissance of beach sands, Bristol Bay, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 6214, 48 p. Cobb, E.H., and Condon, W.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Goodnews quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-447, scale 1:250,000. Hoare, J.M., and Cobb, E.H., 1977, Mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bethel, Goodnews, and Russian Mission quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-156, 98 p.
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