Alaska
Occurrence

Unnamed (west of Tarr Inlet)

Alaska, United States
CopperZincSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryZinc, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model53: Porphyry Cu
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pyrite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockGranite
Associated rockGranite
AlterationGreenish, sericitic alteration reported by MacKevett and others, (1971, table 9).
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10002243
MRDS IDA013145
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates58.97972, -137.00212
References
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.