Alaska
Prospect

Silver Dick and Jennie claims

Alaska, United States
SilverCopper
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Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsSilver, Tetrahedrite
GangueAnkerite, Calcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockMarble
AlterationRossman (1963, B 1121-K, p. K48) reports 'the country rock is extensively altered on each side of the fault [vein]', also that similar alteration is widespread. Rossman does not describe the alteration, but it likely is partly ankeritic.
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10002262
MRDS IDA013165
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates58.93583, -136.65018
References
Rossman, Darwin, 1963, Geology of the eastern part of the Mount Fairweather quadrangle, Glacier Bay, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1121-K, p. K1-K57.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.