Alaska
Prospect

Camp Six

Alaska, United States
Molybdenum
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Commodities
PrimaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model50: Climax Mo
Materials
Ore mineralsMolybdenite
GangueFluorite, Quartz, Topaz
Geology
Host rockGranite
Associated rockGranite
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10000271
MRDS IDA010315
Alternate namesHuff's Prospect, Nelson Glacier, Whistlepig
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates56.51169, -132.05573
References
U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1980, Claim map, Petersburg quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Map 117, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.Brew, D. A., Ovenshine, A. T., Karl, S. M., and Hunt, S. J., 1984, Preliminary reconnaissance geologic map of the Petersburg and parts of the Port Alexander and Sumdum 1:250,000 quadrangles, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-405, 43 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.Grybeck, D.J., Berg, H.C., and Karl, S.M., 1984, Map and description of the mineral deposits in the Petersburg and eastern Port Alexander quadrangles: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-837, 86 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.Newberry, R.J., and Brew, D.A., 1989, Epigenetic hydrothermal origin of the Groundhog Basin-Glacier Basin silver-tin-lead-zinc deposits, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1903, p. 113-121.Brew, D.A., 1997, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Petersburg C-1 quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-156-H, 23 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.