Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model87: Basaltic Cu (BC name is Volcanic redbed Cu)
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Malachite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Chitistone Limestone;Nikolai Greenstone
Associated rockGreenstone
AlterationOxidation of Cu minerals.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10001042
MRDS IDA011720
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates61.55467, -142.97443
References
Miller, D.J., 1946, Copper deposits of the Nizina district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 947F, p. 93-120.MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Radtke, A.S., 1966, Hydrothermal alteration near the Kennecott copper mines, Wrangell Mountains area, Alaska, A preliminary report, in Geological Survey Research 1966: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 550B, p. B165-B168.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., 1972, Geologic map of the McCarthy C-6 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-979, 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.