Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model87: Basaltic Cu (BC name is Volcanic redbed Cu)
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Cuprite, Malachite, Tenorite, Copper
Geology
Host rockGreenstone
Associated rockGreenstone · Nikolai Greenstone
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10001028
MRDS IDA011702
Alternate namesErickson and Madden
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates61.40579, -142.25246
References
Miller, D.J., 1946, Copper deposits of the Nizina district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 947F, p. 93-120.Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Smith, J.G., 1968, Distribution of gold, copper, and some other metals in the McCarthy B-4 and B-5 quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 604, 25 p.MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1970, Geology of the McCarthy B-4 quadrangle: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1333, 31 p.MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Smith, J.G., 1972, Geologic map of the McCarthy B-4 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-943, scale 1:63,360.MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1976, Mineral deposits and occurrences in the McCarthy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-773-B, scale 1:250,000.