Commodities
PrimaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model60: Skarn Zn-Pb62: Skarn Fe
Materials
Ore mineralsMolybdenite
GangueDiopside, Garnet, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSkarn (Tactite)
AlterationFormation of calc-silicate skarn in amphibolite country rock
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10000247
MRDS IDA010286
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates56.11976, -131.17179
References
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.Koch, R.D., 1997, Metalliferous mineral resource potential in the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-271, 57 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.