Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Iron
SecondarySilver, Gold
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Magnetite
GangueClinohumite, Diopside, Dolomite, Idocrase, Olivine, Phlogopite, Pyrite, Serpentine
Geology
Host rockKugruk pluton
AlterationMg-bearing silicate minerals have been serpentinized and phlogopite is well-developed.
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10001865
MRDS IDA012684
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates65.68938, -162.49337
References
Hudson, T.L., Miller, M. L., and Pickthorn, W. J., 1977, Map showing metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral deposits, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-796-B, 46 p., one sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.Newberry, R.J., Allegro, G.L., Cutler, S.E., Hagen-Levelle, D.D., Adams, D.D., Nicholson, L.C., Weglarz, T.B., Bakke, A.A., Clautice, K.H., Coulter, G.A., Ford, M.J., Myers, G.L., and Szumigala, D.J., 1997, Skarn deposits of Alaska, in Goldfarb, R.J., and Miller, L.D., eds., Mineral Deposits of Alaska: Economic Geology Monograph 9, p. 355-395.