Commodities
PrimaryLead, Copper
SecondaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockDiorite
Associated rockDiorite · Texas Creek
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10000210
MRDS IDA010247
Alternate namesMcVey
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates56.06088, -130.14564
References
Buddington, A.F., 1929, Geology of Hyder and vicinity, southeastern Alaska, with a reconnaissance of Chickamin River: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 807, 124 p.Smith, J.G., 1977, Geology of the Ketchikan D-1 and Bradfield Canal A-1 quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1425, 49 p.Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-922, 98 p.Elliott, R.L., and Koch, R.D., 1981, Mines, prospects, and selected metalliferous mineral occurrences in the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728-B, 23 p., 1 sheet, scales 1:250,000 and 1:63,360.Koch, R.D., 1996, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728-A, 35 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.