Alaska
Occurrence

Monarch

Alaska, United States
ZincLeadTungstenCopperGoldSilverBarium-Barite
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Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead, Tungsten, Copper, Gold, Silver, Barium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Galena, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDiorite
Associated rockDiorite · Texas Creek
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10000262
MRDS IDA010304
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates56.00644, -130.05731
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."Byers, F. M., and Sainsbury, C. L., 1956, Tungsten deposits of the Hyder district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1024-F, p. 123-140."Smith, J.G., 1973, A Tertiary lamprophyre dike province in southeastern Alaska: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 10, p. 408-420.Smith, J.G., 1977, Geology of the Ketchikan D1 and Bradfield Canal A-1 quadrangles, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1425, 49 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.Maas, K. M., Bittenbender, P. E., and Still, J. C., 1995, Mineral investigations in the Ketchikan mining district, southeastern Alaska: U. S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 11-95, 606 p.Koch, R. D., 1996, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728A, 35 p.,1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.