Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryGold, Silver, Zinc, Iron
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
GangueDiopside, Epidote, Garnet, Gypsum, Molybdenite, Powellite, Tetrahedrite, Wollastonite
Other materialsMagnetite
Geology
Host rockLimestone
AlterationSecondary Minerals: Molybdenite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Azurite, Covellite.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10000756
MRDS IDA011396
Alternate namesCopper King
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates62.19663, -142.82254
References
VAN ALSTINE, R.E., AND BLACK, R.F., 1944, MINERAL DEPOSITS AT ORANGE, HILL, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 76, 1 SHEET, 16 P.RICHTER, D.H., AND MATSON, N.A., 1970, GEOCHEMICAL DATA FROM THE NABESNA A-4 QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 70-276, 14 P., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:63,360.RICHTER, D.H., 1973, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE NABESNA A-1 QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS SERIES MAP I-789, SCALE 1:63,360.RICHTER, D.H., AND OTHERS, 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF THE NABESNA QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-655-K, SCALE 1:250,000.PILGRIM, E. R., 1931, ALASKA NABESNA ORANGE HILL COPPER CLAIMS, IN STEWART, B.D., REPORT ON COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA AND THE UNITED STATES IN MAKING MINING INVESTIGATIONS AND IN INSPECTION OF MINES FOR THE BIENNIUM ENDING MARCH 31, 1931, P. 69-74.USGS OFR 398, LOC. 2BAG-MF-655K-23