Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model87: Basaltic Cu (BC name is Volcanic redbed Cu)
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Copper
Geology
Host rockGreenstone
Associated rockGreenstone · Nikolai Greenstone
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10001082
MRDS IDA011766
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates61.80077, -143.88254
References
Mendenhall, W.C., 1905, Geology of the central Copper River region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 41, 133 p.Moffit, F.H., and Maddren, A.G., 1909, Mineral resources of the Kotsina-Chitina region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 374, 103 p.Moffit, F.H., and Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1923, The Kotsina-Kuskulana district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 745, 149 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.