Commodities
PrimaryMolybdenum, Copper
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite
GangueCalcite, Epidote, Garnet, Quartz
Geology
Host rockLimestone
AlterationDevelopment of tactite in limestone.
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10002289
MRDS IDA013193
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates58.26278, -136.07817
References
Buddington, A.F., 1926, Mineral investigations in southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 783, p. 41-62.Buddington, A.F., and Chapin, Theodore, 1929, Geology and mineral deposits of southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 800, 398 p.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., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Mt. Fairweather and Skagway quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-316, 123 p.Smith, P.S., 1942, Occurrences of molybdenum in Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 926-C, p. 161-210.