Alaska
Prospect

Ketchem Dome

Alaska, United States
Tin
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Commodities
PrimaryTin
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model49: Sn greisen
Materials
Ore mineralsCassiterite
GangueFeldspar, Muscovite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Geology
AlterationChloritic, quartz-white mica, topaz, fluorite.
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10001519
MRDS IDA012266
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates65.46668, -144.78986
References
Wilson, F.H., and Shew, N., 1981, Map and tables showing preliminary results of potassium-argon age studies in the Circle Quadrangle, Alaska, with a compilation of earlier dating work: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-889, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.Foster, H.L., Laird J., Keith T.E.C., Cushing, G.W., and Menzie, W.D., 1983, Preliminary geologic map of the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-170-A, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.Menzie, W.D., Foster, H.L., Tripp, R.B., and Yeend, W.E., 1983, Mineral resource assessment of the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-170-B, 61 p., 1 sheet, 1:250,000.Dahlin, D.C., Brown, L.L., and Warner J.D., 1987, Characterization of Ketchem Dome tin prospect, east-central Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigation 9145, 11 p.Nokleberg, W.J., Bundtzen, T.K., Berg, H.C., Brew, D.A., Grybeck, D.J., Robinson, M.S., Smith, T.E., and Yeend, W., 1987, Significant metalliferous lode deposits and placer districts of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1786, 104 p.Wilkinson, K., 1987, Geology of a subarctic, tin-bearing batholith, Circle Hot Springs, Alaska: Fairbanks, Alaska, University of Alaska, Mineral Industry Research Laboratory Report 74, 70 p.