Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead, Copper, Silver
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
GangueActinolite, Biotite, Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Garnet, Mica, Quartz
Geology
AlterationThe epidote-garnet skarn appears to have an overprinting hydrous alteration of mica, actinolite, and chlorite. Limonitic staining is present.
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10001937
MRDS IDA012771
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates65.18933, -163.84333
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.Hudson, T.L., and Wyman, W. F., 1983, Interim report on areas of Seward Peninsula warranting further prospecting and evaluation: Anchorage, Anaconda Minerals Company internal report, 84 p., 7 plates. (Report held by Cook Inlet Region Inc., Anchorage, Alaska.)Till, A.B., Dumoulin, J.A., Gamble, B. ., Kaufman, D.S., and Carroll, P.I., 1986, Preliminary geologic map and fossil data, Soloman, Bendeleben, and southern Kotzebue quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-276, 10 p., 3 plates, scale 1:250,000.