Commodities
PrimaryGold, Copper, Silver
SecondaryBismuth, Tungsten, Thorium, Uranium
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsBismuth, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite, Scheelite
GangueLimonite, Malachite
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockQuartz Monzonite
AlterationOxidation.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10001649
MRDS IDA012421
Alternate namesWhalen and Griffin
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates63.22448, -154.76406
References
Martin, G.C., 1922, Gold lodes in the Upper Kuskokwim region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 864D, p. 149-161.Brown, J.S., 1926, The Nixon Fork country: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 783. p. 97-144.Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1936, Mineral deposits of the Ruby-Kuskokwim region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 864-C, 115-245.Herreid, G.H., 1966, Geology and geochemistry of the Nixon Fork area, Medfra quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals Geologic Report 22, 34 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:40,000.