Information Circular 8991: Chromite Deposits Along the Border Ranges Fault, Southern Alaska (In Two Parts): 2. Mineralogy and Results of Beneficiation Tests

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• Personal Author:
  Brown, Lawrence L. ; Dahlin, David C. ; Kirby, Donald E.
• Description:
  To identify and characterize potential domestic chromium resources, the Bureau of Mines investigated podiform chromite deposits along the border fault in southern Alaska. Part 1 of this two-part report describes an extensive field investigation and preliminary resource evaluation studies by the Bureau's Alaska Field Operations Center. This paper, part 2, describes the mineralogy of 38 samples that were collected from low-grade deposits in the Chugach Mountains, on the Kenai Peninsula, and on Kodiak Island, and presents the results of laboratory batch beneficiation tests designed to concentrate the chromite. The samples are peridotites and chromitites that consist primarily of variable amounts of chromite, olivine, and serpentine. They were beneficiated by a sequence of grinding, sizing, and gravity concentration operations. Twenty-four high-chromium or marginal high-chromium chromite concentrates, six high-iron or marginal high-iron chromite concentrates, and five submarginal concentrates were produced with chromium recoveries that ranged from 37 to 95 pct. Three very low-grade samples were not beneficiated. These results indicate that several of the deposits may be significant chromium resources. Potential precious metals association with the chromite was also investigated. Analysis of these samples indicates that the chromite deposits are not good platinum sources. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Information Circular
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Report
• Place as Subject:
  Alaska ; OSHA Region 10
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  ALRC - Albany Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  42 pdf pages
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10004569
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1985
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:8ccd0dea0fa77ea48f13a19f099e7727264efa989a3062b66df6f405bd9c4d6c9e467bf9ad561e8d718e288b2f0814150f83a456351b18b66ab540c0add855af
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/206062/cdc_206062_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 3.02 MB ]