Chromite occurrences and a nickel prospect, Baranof Island, southeastern Alaska
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Abstract
This report presents the results of a brief geologic reconnaissance of some of the chromite-bearing sills between Red Bluff Bay and Silver Bay in central Baranof Island, southeastern Alaska (see figs. 1 and 2), and the results of a magnetic study of a chromite body in the ultrabasic rocks at Red Bluff Bay. Also included are the results of a brief examination of a nickel prospect near Sitka.
The field work, upon which this report is largely based, was done by the authors in the early part of August 1943 as a part of a Geological Survey project to investigate some of the ultrabasic rocks of southeastern Alaska to determine the presence or absence in them of significant nickel-copper or chromium deposits. Previous studies of some of the chromite-bearing ultrabasic rocks of Baranof Island were made by Guild and Balsley during the summer of 1941.
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Chromite occurrences and a nickel prospect, Baranof Island, southeastern Alaska |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 44-80 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr4480 |
| Year Published | 1944 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | 4 p. |
| Country | United States |
| State | Alaska |
| Other Geospatial | Baranof Island, southeastern Alaska |