Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Gold
SecondarySilver, Mercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Materials
Ore mineralsArsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite
GangueQuartz, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockSiltstone
AlterationSilicification (quartz veining in hornfels) and oxidation.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10002516
MRDS IDA013457
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates60.49934, -158.74277
References
Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Taylor Mountains quadrangle: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-384, scale 1:250,000.Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Dillingham, Sleetmute, and Taylor Mountain quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-606, 92 p.Clark, A. L., Condon, W. H., Hoare, J. M., and Sorg, D. H., 1970, Analyses of rock and stream sediment samples from the Taylor Mountains C-8 quadrangle, Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 437, 94 p.Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Dillingham, Sleetmute, and Taylor Mountains quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-606, 92 p.Clark, A. L., Condon, W. H., Hoare, J. M., and Sorg, D. H., 1970, Analyses of rock and stream sediment samples from the Taylor Mountains C-8 quadrangle, Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 438, 89 p.