Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Covellite, Malachite
GangueCalcite, Epidote, Quartz
Geology
Host rockBasalt · Nikolai Greenstone;Nikolai Greenstone
Associated rockDiorite
AlterationThe country rock has been epidotized adjacent to and along the shear zone.
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10000722
MRDS IDA011361
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates63.09156, -147.39775
References
Kaufman, M.A., 1964, Geology and mineral deposits of the Denali-Maclaren River area, Alaska: Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals, Geologic Report 4, 15 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:105,000.Glavinovich, P.S., 1967, Trace element copper distribution and areal geology in a portion of the Clearwater Mountains, Alaska: University of Alaska Minerals Industry Research Laboratory, Report 10, 55 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.Nokleberg, W.J., and others, 1992, Circum-North Pacific terrane map, in Tracy, K.V., Anker, E. M., Ryan, C., Hoffman, V. , eds., International conference on Arctic margins, p. 44.