Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Nickel
SecondaryGold, Cobalt, Silver
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Goethite, Pyrite, Nickel, Pyrrhotite
Geology
Host rockGranite
AlterationLimonitic staining.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10002221
MRDS IDA013123
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates58.65665, -137.48601
References
Kennedy, G.C. and Walton, M.S., Jr., 1946, Geology and associated mineral deposits of some ultrabasic rocks in southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 947-D, p. 65-84.MacKevett, E.M., Jr., Brew, D.A., Hawley, C.C., Huff, L.C., and Smith, J.G., 1971, Mineral resources of Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 632, 90 p., 12 plates, scale 1:250,000.Kimball, A.L., Still, J.C., and Rataj, J.L., 1978, Mineral resources, in Brew, D. A., and others, Mineral resources of the Glacier Bay National Monument wilderness study area, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-494, p. C1-C375.Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Mount Fairweather quadrangle, AK: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Study Map MF-436, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.