Alaska
Prospect

Unnamed (Burroughs Bay )

Alaska, United States
MolybdenumUranium
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Commodities
PrimaryMolybdenum
SecondaryUranium
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model80: Porphyry Mo, low-F
Materials
Ore mineralsMolybdenite, Pyrite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockGranite
AlterationPyritization and silicification.
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10001556
MRDS IDA012303
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates55.99365, -131.29873
References
Elliott, R.L., Berg, H.C., and Karl, Susan, 1978, map and table describing metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral deposits, Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report, 78-73-B,17 p., scale 1:250,000.Koch, R.D., and Elliott, R.L., 1978, Analyses of rock samples from Ketchikan quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-156-A, 162 p., 1 sheet, scale l:250,000.Eakins, G.R., Bundtzen, T.K., Robinson, M.S., Clough, J.G., Green, C.B., Clautice, K.H., and Albanese M.A., 1983, Alaska's mineral industry, 1982, Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report 31, 63 p.Berg, H.C., Elliott, R.L., and Koch, R.D., 1988, Geologic map of the Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Series Map MF-1807,27 p., scale 1:250,000.Berg, H.C., Elliott, R.L., and Koch, R.D., 1978, Map and tables describing areas of metalliferous mineral resource potential in the Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-73-M, 52 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.