Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver, Gold, Manganese, Iron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model58: Porphyry Cu, skarn-related62: Skarn Fe
Materials
Ore mineralsArsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
GangueEpidote, Garnet
Geology
Host rockMarble
Associated rockGranite
AlterationMarble has been converted to pyritic garnet-epidote skarn.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10002260
MRDS IDA013163
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates58.78472, -136.76711
References
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.