Alaska
Prospect

Braided Creeks

Alaska, United States
ZincLeadCopperGoldSilverArsenic
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Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver
SecondaryArsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model54: Porphyry Cu (North America)85: Polymetallic veins
Materials
Ore mineralsArsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueDolomite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDacite · Naknek Formation;Naknek Formation;Naknek Formation;;Chignik Formation
Associated rockDacite · Hoodoo Formation;Tolstoi Formation;Meshik Formation
AlterationThe sedimentary rocks peripheral to the stock exhibit pervasive sericitization in some areas and epidote, chlorite, clay alteration in others. Chloritization in the stock is common and localized areas of quartz-sericite alteration have been reported.
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10001666
MRDS IDA012443
Alternate namesCathedral Creek, Manhattan
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates56.52623, -158.57553
References
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