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Locality Name:
Fox Gulch (Fox Gulch Platinum Placer), Salmon River - Red Mountain District, Goodnews Bay, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USA


mindat Locality ID: 3286
mindat URL: http://www.mindat.org/loc-3286.html

Tectonic Settings:

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

Latitude: 59°4'54"N
Longitude: 161°42'50"W
Decimal Degree (lat, lon): 59.081666666667,-161.71388888889
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 Bi Cr Cu Fe Hg Ir Ni O Os Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Sn Ti 

Elements from minerals reported directly at this locality: As Au Bi Cr Cu Fe Hg Ir Ni O Os Pb Pd Pt Rh Ru S Sb Sn Ti 

Structural Groups for minerals in this locality: 
AuricuprideCobaltiteCopperCorundumModderiteNickelineNonePerovskitePotaritePyrite
SpinelStillwateriteUllmannite

28 IMA Minerals at location:
Chromite  (*)Froodite  (*)Genkinite  (*)Geversite  (*)Gold  (*)
Hollingworthite  (*)Hongshiite  (*)Ilmenite  (*)Insizwaite  (*)Irarsite  (*)
Iridarsenite  (*)Iridium  (*)Isoferroplatinum  (*)Magnetite  (*)Mertieite-II  (*)
Niggliite  (*)Osmium  (*)Platarsite  (*)Platinum  (*)Polarite  (*)
Potarite  (*)Mertieite-I  (*)Pyrite  (*)Rhodium  (*)Ruthenarsenite  (*)
Sperrylite  (*)Tolovkite  (*)Xingzhongite  (*)
Mineral nameStructural GroupsIMA FormulaMax Age (Ma)Min Age (Ma)# of Sublocalities containing mineralLOCALITY IDs, not mindat ids# of localities containing mineral
Chromite  (*)SpinelFe2+Cr2O403902
Froodite  (*)NonePdBi2062
Genkinite  (*)NonePt4Sb3012
Geversite  (*)PyritePtSb2038
Gold  (*)CopperAu030554
Hollingworthite  (*)UllmanniteRhAsS0119
Hongshiite  (*)NonePtCu027
Ilmenite  (*)CorundumFe2+Ti4+O305433
Insizwaite  (*)PyritePtBi2015
Irarsite  (*)PyriteIrAsS0154
Iridarsenite  (*)NoneIrAs2013
Iridium  (*)CopperIr0162
Isoferroplatinum  (*)Auricupride PerovskitePt3Fe0128
Magnetite  (*)SpinelFe2+Fe3+2O4014899
Mertieite-II  (*)StillwateritePd8Sb2.5As0.5044
Niggliite  (*)NickelinePtSn022
Osmium  (*)NoneOs0169
Platarsite  (*)PyritePtAsS044
Platinum  (*)CopperPt0485
Polarite  (*)NonePd(Bi,Pb)010
Potarite  (*)PotaritePdHg025
Mertieite-I  (*)NonePd5+x(Sb,As)2-x (x = 0.1-0.2)09
Pyrite  (*)PyriteFeS2039462
Rhodium  (*)CopperRh017
Ruthenarsenite  (*)Modderite(Ru,Ni)As09
Sperrylite  (*)PyritePtAs20337
Tolovkite  (*)CobaltiteIrSbS013
Xingzhongite  (*)SpinelPb2+Ir3+2S407


No ages have been assigned to this locality yet.
SampleSource LocalityReference URL
R070258Fox Gulch (Fox Gulch Platinum Placer), Salmon River - Red Mountain District, Goodnews Bay, Bethel Census Area, Alaska, USAhttps://rruff.info/R070258

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