Alaska
Occurrence

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Alaska, United States
ZincLeadSilverCopperMolybdenum
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Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead, Silver
SecondaryCopper, Molybdenum
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite · Tolstoi Formation
Associated rockDacite
AlterationSedimentary units of the Tolstoi Formation exhibit propylitization.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10001670
MRDS IDA012448
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates56.24122, -158.70356
References
Fields, E.D., 1977, 1976 Annual report: Alaska search, Chignik area-Bristol Bay region: Bear Creek Mining Company, 44 p., 22 map sheets. (Report held by the Aleut Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska.)Anderson, G.D., Fitch, G.M., Lappie, D.W., Lindberg, P.A., and Fankhauser, R.E., 1979, Exploration and evaluation of Bristol Bay Native Corporation Lands, Vol. II, Book 1: prepared for Houston Oil and Minerals Company by Resource Associates of Alaska, 78 p. (Report held by Alaska Earth Science, Anchorage, Alaska.)Cox, D.P., Detra, D.E., and Detterman, R.L., 1981, Mineral resource maps of the Chignik and Sutwik Island quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF- 1053-K, 2 map sheets, scale 1:250,000.Detterman, R.L., Miller, T.P., Yount, M.E., and Wilson, F.H.,1981, Geologic map the Chignik and Sutwik Island quadrangles Alaska: U.S. Geologic Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I- 1229, 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000.