Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
SecondaryLead
TertiaryTungsten, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
Ore controlCross Cutting Fracture System Localized Ore, Veins Cut Off To East By Fault
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Jamesonite, Polybasite, Pyrargyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueMarcasite, Melanterite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite, Sulfur
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Birch Creek;Birch Creek
StructureKantishna Antiform
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1922
Identification
Deposit ID10000633
MRDS IDA011248
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates63.53984, -150.9765
References
USGS BULL 739, P. 36DAVIS, J.A., 1923, THE KANTISHNA REGION, ALASKA, IN STEWART, B.D., ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINE INSPECTOR TO THE GOVERNOR OF ALASKA, 1922: JUNEAU, ALASKA, P. 121-123USGS BULL 836, P. 326-328USGS BULL 849-F, P. 361-364ALASKA TERRITORIAL DEPT. OF MINES. PAM 2, P. 20ADGGS OFR 98, P. 9-10, 25 LOC. 18, 31 NO. 18USBM OFR 24-78, P. 4-23 TO 4-26ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 17ADGGS OFR 98, P. 25