Alaska
Prospect

Hanging Glacier

Alaska, United States
LeadCopperBarium-BariteGoldSilverZinc
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Commodities
PrimaryLead, Copper, Barium-Barite, Gold, Silver, Zinc
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model91: Massive sulfide, Besshi (Japanese deposits)184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rockGreenschist · Glacier Creek Volcanic Sequence;Glacier Creek Volcanic Sequence
Associated rockDiorite
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10002193
MRDS IDA013091
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates59.38974, -136.42214
References
MacKevett, E.M., Jr., Robertson, E.C., and Winkler, G.R., 1974, Geology of the Skagway B-3 and B-4 quadrangles, southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 832, 33 p.Berg, H.C., 1984, Regional geologic summary, metallogenesis, and mineral resources of southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 84-572, 298 p., 1 plate, scale approx. 1:600,000.Still, J.C., 1984, Stratiform massive sulfide deposits in the Mt. Henry Clay area, southeast Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 118-84, 65 p.Gilbert, W.G., and Redman, E.C., 1989, Lode deposits, prospects, and occurrences of the Porcupine mining area, southeast Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 17-89, 1 sheet, scale 1:39,600.Still, J.C., Hoekzema, R.B., Bundtzen, T.K., Gilbert, W.G., Wier, K.R., Burns, L.E., and Fechner, S.A., 1991, Economic geology of Haines-Klukwan-Porcupine area, southeastern Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigations 91-4, 156 p., 5 sheets, scale 1:63,360.Rubicon Minerals, 1998, Palmer VMS Project, southeast Alaska, Executive Summary: unpublished report by Rubicon Minerals Corporation, Vancouver, British Columbia, 25 p.Newberry, R.J., Crafford, T.C., Newkirk, S.R., Young, L.E., Nelson, S.W., and Duke, N.A., 1997, Volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits of Alaska, in Goldfarb, R.J. and Miller, L. D., eds., Mineral deposits of Alaska: Economic Geology Monograph 9, p. 120-150.