Alaska
Occurrence

Unnamed (area near Fall Creek, Mudside Creek, Coal Creek, and upper Topsy Creek)

Alaska, United States
GoldTungstenMolybdenumSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryTungsten, Molybdenum, Silver
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsPowellite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockSandstone · Topsy Formation;Topsy Formation;Cenotaph Volcanics;Cenotaph Volcanics;Cenotaph Volcanics;Yakutat Formation;Yakutat Formation;Yakutat Formation;Yakutat Formation;Yakutat Formation
AlterationSolfataric (?) hydrothermal alteration.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10002222
MRDS IDA013124
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates58.6247, -137.50601
References
Miller, D. J., 1953, Preliminary geologic map of Tertiary rocks in the southeastern part of the Lituya district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 81, 2 maps, scale 1:63,360.Rossman, Darwin, 1959, Geology and ore deposits in the Reid Inlet area, Glacier Bay, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1058-B, p. 33-58.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.Brew, D.A., Johnson, B.R., Grybeck, D., Griscom, A., Barnes, D.F., Kimball, A.L., Still, J.C., and Rataj, J.L., 1978, Mineral resources of the Glacier Bay National Monument Wilderness Study Area, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-494, 670 p.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.Cobb, E. H., 1981, Summaries of data and lists of references to metallic and selected non-metallic mineral occurrences in the Mt. Fairweather quadrangle, Alaska, Supplement to Open-file Report 78-316: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-249B, 15 p.Cobb, E.H., 1981, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in the Mt. Fairweather quadrangle, Alaska; Supplement to Open-file Report 78-316; Part A, Summaries of data to January 1, 1980: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-249-A, 20 p.