Alaska
Prospect

Mosquito

Alaska, United States
CopperMolybdenumSilverZincLead
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Molybdenum
SecondarySilver, Zinc, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model79: Porphyry Cu-Mo
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockQuartz Latite
AlterationZones of quartz-sericite-pyrite, quartz-magnetite, and epidote-chlorite-quartz pyrite alteration (Doyon Ltd., 1998).
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10001745
MRDS IDA012529
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates63.88972, -143.47271
References
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