Alaska
Occurrence

Unnamed (near Desolation Glacier)

Alaska, United States
NickelCopperTitaniumGold
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Commodities
PrimaryNickel, Copper
SecondaryTitanium, Gold
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Ilmenite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Geology
Host rockGneiss
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10002238
MRDS IDA013140
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates58.77971, -137.57214
References
Mark-Anthony, Leo, 1977, Maps and notes on investigations in Glacier Bay, 1958-1960. (Unpublished material available at U.S. Bureau of Land Management library, Juneau, Alaska).Berg, H.C., Jones, D. L., and Richter, D. H., 1972, Gravina-Nutzotin Belt-tectonic significance of an Upper Mesozoic sedimentary and volcanic sequence in southern and southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 800-D, p. D1-D24.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.Goldfarb, R J., 1997, Metallogenic evolution of Alaska: Economic Geology Monograph 9, p. 4-34.