Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryLead, Molybdenum, Silver, Gold
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsAzurite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Malachite, Molybdenite
GangueAragonite, Calcite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Quartz, Stilbite
Geology
Host rockGreenstone · Nikolai Greenstone;
Associated rockDiorite,Greenstone
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10001060
MRDS IDA011739
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates61.62772, -143.84641
References
Van Alstine, R.E., and Black, R.F., 1946, Copper deposits of the Kotsina-Kuskulana district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 947-G, p. 121-141.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., 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.MacKevett, E.M., Jr., Smith, J.G., Jones, D.L., and Winkler, G.R., 1978, Geologic map of the McCarthy C-8 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-1418, scale 1:63,360.MacKevett, E.M., Jr., Smith, J.G., Jones, D.L., and Winkler, G.R., 1978, Geologic map of the McCarthy C-8 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-1418, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.