Mount Sorensen Occurrences, Fortymile District, Southeast Fairbanks Borough, Alaska, USA
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Geology: Mount Sorensen is the largest ultramafic body in the Eagle quadrangle, and it is composed of partially serpentinized peridotite, dunite, and harzburgite (Foster and Keith, 1974). As much as 1 percent chromite is present in some of the least serpentinized rocks. Serpentinized dunite and harzburgite at Mount Sorensen were assayed using fire assay and spectrographic methods; they contain as much as 0.01 ppm platinum and up to 0.01 ppm palladium (Keith and Foster, 1973).
Commodities (Major) - Cr, Pd, Pt
Development Status: None
Mineral List
2 entries listed. 1 valid mineral.
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References
Foster, H.L., and Keith, T.E.C., 1974, Ultramafic rocks of the Eagle quadrangle, east-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Journal of Research, v. 2, no. 6, p. 657-669. Keith, T.E.C., and Foster, H.L., 1973, Basic data on ultramafic rocks of the Eagle quadrangle, east-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 73-140, 4 sheets.