Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model87: Basaltic Cu (BC name is Volcanic redbed Cu)
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Malachite
Geology
Host rockGreenstone
Associated rockGreenstone · Nikolai Greenstone
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10001066
MRDS IDA011747
Alternate namesFinch
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates61.6566, -143.61363
References
Moffit, F.H., and Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1923, The Kotsina-Kuskulana district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 745, 149 p.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.Moffit, F.H., 1918, Mining in the lower Copper River basin: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 662-C, p. 155-182.