Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryGold, Silver
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcocite, Chalcopyrite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockArgillite · Hasen Creek Formation;Chitina Valley Batholith
Associated rockDiorite
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10001079
MRDS IDA011763
Alternate namesMineral Creek
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates61.75272, -143.9056
References
Moffit, F.H., and Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1923, The Kotsina-Kuskulana district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 745, 149 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., 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.