Alaska
Occurrence

Unnamed (east of Swan Lake)

Alaska, United States
Molybdenum
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Commodities
PrimaryMolybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model80: Porphyry Mo, low-F
Materials
Ore mineralsMolybdenite
Geology
AlterationLocally conspicuous iron-staining.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10001568
MRDS IDA012317
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates55.60864, -131.22871
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.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.Crawford, M.L., Crawford, W.A., and Gehrels, G.E., 2000, Terrane assembly and structural relationships in the eastern Prince Rupert quadrangle, British Columbia, in H.H. Stowell and W.C.McClelland, eds., Tectonics of the Coast Mountains, southeastern Alaska and British Columbia: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America Special Paper 343, p. 1-21.?