Alaska
Occurrence
Houghton Prospect
Alaska, United States
Copper
Iron
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Commodities
Primary
Copper
Secondary
Iron
Commodity type
M
Deposit
Deposit size
N
Ore control
Ore Body Is In Contact Zone
Materials
Ore minerals
Chalcopyrite, Copper, Magnetite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue
Epidote, Garnet
Geology
Host rock
Limestone
Associated rock
Diorite
Economic & production
Development status
Occurrence
Identification
Deposit ID
10000092
MRDS ID
A010112
Alternate names
Cuprite Copper Company
Region
NA
Data score
C
Coordinates
55.26223, -132.62541
References
USGS BULL 314, P. 71USGS BULL 347, P. 103-104.USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 87, P. 50, 56, 62-63, 103-104.USGS MF 433.USGS OF 78-869, P. 92.ADGGS GEOLOGIC REPORT 48, P. 38.