Commodities
PrimaryMolybdenum, Lead, Silver
SecondaryCopper, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Molybdenite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockHornfels · Hazelton Group;Hyder
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite
AlterationLocal intense iron staining of quartz veins
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10000266
MRDS IDA010308
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates56.01477, -130.26565
References
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.Berg, H.C., Elliott, R.L., Smith, J.G., Pittman, T.L., and Kimball, A. L., 1977, Mineral resources of the Granite Fiords wilderness study area, Alaska, with a section on aeromagnetic data by Andrew Griscom: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1403, 151 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 81-728-A, 35 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.