Alaska
Unknown

Kennicott Mine

Alaska, United States
ZincSilverLeadCopper
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Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Silver, Lead, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeL
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Enargite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tennantite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Chitistone Limestone (Lower Dolomitic Parts);Chitistone Limestone (Lower Dolomitic Parts)
Associated rockGreenstone · Nikoli Greenstone
AlterationOxidation Of Deposits Which Is Not Related To Present Land Surface.
Economic & production
Development statusUnknown
Identification
Deposit ID10000514
MRDS IDA010706
Alternate namesErie, Jumbo, Bonanza, Mother Lode
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates61.52745, -142.84638
References
Bateman, A.M., and McLaughlin, D.H., 1920, Geology of the ore deposits of Kennecott, Alaska: Economic Geology, v. 15, no. 1, p. 1-80.Miller, D.J., 1946, Copper deposits of the Nizina district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 947F, p. 93-120.MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1970, Geologic map of the McCarthy C-5 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-899, scale 1:63,360.MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1971, Stratigraphy and general geology of the McCarthy C-5 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1323, 35 p.MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1976, Mineral deposits and occurrences in the McCarthy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-773B, scale 1:250,000.MacKevett, E.M., Jr., Albert, N.R.D., Barnes, D.F., Case, J.E., Robinson, Keith, and Singer, D.A., 1977, The Alaskan Mineral Resource Assessment Program: Background information to accompany folio of geologic and mineral resource maps of the McCarthy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 739, 23 p.Cobb, E.H., and MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1980, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the McCarthy Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-885, 156 p.Armstrong, A.K., and MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1982, Stratigraphy and diagenetic history of the lower part of the Triassic Chitistone Limestone, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1212-A, 26 p.