Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rockDiorite
Associated rockDiorite
AlterationThe alteration at Pika Canyon is patchy and somewhat irregular, but generally occurs in somewhat concentric zones of potassic, phyllic, and propylitic alteration (Gill, 1977, p. 86).
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10001748
MRDS IDA012532
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates63.82976, -141.41264
References
Singer, D.A., Csejtey, Bela, Jr., and Miller, R.J., 1978, Map and discussion of the metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral resources of the Talkeetna Mountains quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 78-588-Q, 33 p., 1 plate, scale 1:250,000.Eberlein, G.D., Chapman, R.M., Foster, H.L., and Gassaway, J.S., 1977, Map and table describing known metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral deposits in central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-168-D, 132 p., 1 map, scale 1:1,000,000.Gill, R., 1977, Geology and mineral deposits of the southwest quarter of the Tanacross D-1 quadrangle, Alaska: Golden, Colorado School of Mines, M.Sc. thesis, 129 p.Cobb, E.H., and Eberlein, G.D., 1980, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Big Delta and Tanacross quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-1086, 77 p.