Alaska
Prospect

Denali Copper

Alaska, United States
CopperSilverZinc
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model87: Basaltic Cu (BC name is Volcanic redbed Cu)
Materials
Ore mineralsAzurite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Copper
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockTuff,Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate),Andesite
AlterationThere is no hydrothermal alteration associated with the sulfide mineralization.
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10000683
MRDS IDA011307
Alternate namesPass Creek, Caribou Dome
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates63.13852, -147.14386
References
Kaufman, M.A., 1964, Two new occurrences of ore minerals in the Denali area (Healy A-1 and Mt. Hayes B-6): Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Prospect Evaluation 67-4, 5 p.Stevens, D.L, 1971, Geology and geochemistry of the Denali Prospect, Clearwater Mountains, Alaska: Fairbanks, University of Alaska, Ph. D. dissertation, 81 p.Seraphim, R.H., 1975, Denali-A nonmetamorphosed stratiform sulfide deposit: Economic Geology, vol. 70, p. 949-959.Smith, T.E., 1981, Geology of the Clearwater Mountains, south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological "&" Geophysical Surveys Geologic Report 60, 72 p., 3 sheets, scale 1:63,360.Bundtzen, T.K., Eakins, G.R., and Conwell, C.N., 1983, Alaska mineral resources 1981-82: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Annual Report 1981-82, 153 p., 4 sheets, scale 1:2,500,000.Wilson, F.H., Dover, J.H., Bradley, D.C., Weber, F.R., Bundtzen, T.K., and Haeussler, P.J., 1998, Geologic map of central (interior) Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-133, 17 p., 2 sheetsm, scale 1:500,000.MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous mineral deposits in the eastern part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-A, 99 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.