Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryAntimony, Arsenic, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model87: Basaltic Cu (BC name is Volcanic redbed Cu)
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Realgar, Stibnite
GangueCalcite, Dolomite, Epidote, Marcasite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockGreenstone
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10001029
MRDS IDA011703
Alternate namesRadovan Group: Low Contact claims
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates61.40162, -142.37357
References
Miller, D.J., 1946, Copper deposits of the Nizina district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 947F, p. 93-120.Sainsbury, C.L., 1952, Geology of the Nelson and Radovan copper prospects, Glacier Creek, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 61, 18 p.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., 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.