Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryLead, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Gold, Pyrite
GangueQuartz
Geology
AlterationThere is a color anomaly associated with the prospect due to weathering of pyrite.
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10000703
MRDS IDA011336
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates63.19657, -147.29082
References
Tuck, Ralph, 1938, The Valdez Creek mining district, Alaska, in 1936: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 897-B, p. 109-131.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.Moffit, F.H., 1912, Headwater regions of Gulkana and Susitna Rivers, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 498, 82 p.