Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Gold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Materials
Ore mineralsArsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDiorite
Associated rockDiorite
AlterationThe quartz veins are associated with chloritization of the adjacent diorite.
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10000702
MRDS IDA011335
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates63.18769, -147.40387
References
Ross, C.P., 1933, The Valdez Creek mining district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 849, p. 289-467.Smith, P.S., 1934, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1933: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 864-A, p. 1-94.Smith, P.S., 1936, Mineral industry of Alaska in 1934: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 868-A, p. 1-91.Smith, P.S., 1937, Mineral industry in Alaska in 1935: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 880-A, p. 1-95.Tuck, Ralph, 1938, The Valdez Creek mining district, Alaska, in 1936: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 897-B, p. 109-131.Smith, T.E., 1971, Geology, economic geochemistry, and placer gold resources of the western Clearwater Mountains, east-central Alaska: Reno, University of Nevada, Ph.D. dissertation, 440 p.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.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.