Alaska
Occurrence

Horn Mountain

Alaska, United States
Zeolites
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Commodities
PrimaryZeolites
Commodity typeN
Materials
Ore mineralsHeulandite, Laumontite, Mordenite
Geology
AlterationMordenite is an alteration product of volcanic sandstones and replacement of glassy shards of vitric tuffs (Hawkins, 1973).
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10001010
MRDS IDA011682
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates61.9796, -147.50266
References
Hawkins, D.B., 1973, Sedimentary zeolite deposits of the Upper Matanuska Valley: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report 6, 17 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.Hawkins, D.B., 1976, Commercial-grade mordenite deposits of the Horn Mountains, South-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report 11, 11 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:15,840.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.Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials in the Anchorage quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-1095, 184 p.Hawkins, D.B., 1976, Mordenite deposits and zeolite zonation in the Horn Mountains area, South-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report 9, 9 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:21,000.MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.