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

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Commodity List

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ⓘ Chromium

Mineral List

ⓘ Chromite

1 valid mineral.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Chromite

Formula: Fe²⁺Cr³⁺₂O₄

References:

(2008) Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF) Open-File Report 2008-1225. US Geological Survey

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 4 - Oxides and Hydroxides
ⓘ	Chromite	4.BB.05	Fe²⁺Cr³⁺₂O₄

List of minerals for each chemical element

O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Chromite	Fe²⁺Cr₂³⁺O₄
Cr	Chromium
Cr	ⓘ Chromite	Fe²⁺Cr₂³⁺O₄
Fe	Iron
Fe	ⓘ Chromite	Fe²⁺Cr₂³⁺O₄

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Link to USGS - Alaska:	GO026

Other Regions, Features and Areas containing this locality

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North America PlateTectonic Plate

Bethel BasinBasin
Koyukuk ArcsVolcanic Arc
Walrus-Goodnews DomainDomain

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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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