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Locality Name:
Platinum Creek, Salmon River - Red Mountain District, Goodnews Bay, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USA


mindat Locality ID: 18958
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-18958.html

Tectonic Settings:

Total number of sublocalities beneath "Platinum Creek, Salmon River - Red Mountain District, Goodnews Bay, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USA": 0
Total number of bottom-level sublocalities: 0

Latitude: 0°0'0"N
Longitude: 0°0'0"E
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 0,0
AThis mineral is Anthropogenic.
GThis mineral is directly dated.
BThis mineral is reported as having this age.
YThis mineral is using an age reported as an element mineralization period.
OThis mineral is using an age calculated from all data at the locality.
RThe age displayed for this mineral originates from a different, non-child locality.
PThe age displayed for this mineral is the range of ages for this mineral at all of this locality's children.
This mineral's age has not yet been recorded.

This Mineral list contains entries from this locality, including sub-localities. Minerals in bold are reported by mindat.org as occurring directly at this locality, and do not occur at any children (sublocalities) of this locality.

Elements at this locality, including sub-localities: As Au Cr Cu Fe Ir O Os Pt Rh S Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au Cr Cu Fe Ir O Os Pt Rh S Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
BowieiteCopperCorundumNonePotaritePyriteSpinelUllmannite

15 IMA Minerals at location:
Bowieite  (*)Chromite  (*)Erlichmanite  (*)Gold  (*)Hollingworthite  (*)
Ilmenite  (*)Iridarsenite  (*)Iridium  (*)Kashinite  (*)Magnetite  (*)
Miassite  (*)Osmium  (*)Platinum  (*)Sperrylite  (*)Tulameenite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Bowieite  (*)BowieiteRh2S3033
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Erlichmanite  (*)PyriteOsS20110
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS0119
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Iridarsenite  (*)NoneIrAs2013
Iridium  (*)CopperIr0162
Kashinite  (*)BowieiteIr2S3029
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Miassite  (*)NoneRh17S15010
Osmium  (*)NoneOs0169
Platinum  (*)CopperPt0485
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs20337
Tulameenite  (*)PotaritePt2CuFe048


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
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