Commodities
PrimaryMolybdenum
SecondarySilver, Copper, Manganese, Lead, Tin, Tungsten
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model50: Climax Mo80: Porphyry Mo, low-F
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Ferrimolybdite
GangueQuartz, Zircon
Geology
AlterationThe granitic stock is sericitized and locally intensely silicified.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10002524
MRDS IDA013467
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates63.27078, -159.27276
References
Lessman, J., 1979, Doyon project 1979 annual progress report: Doyon Report 79-31, 5 p. (Report held by Doyon, Ltd., Fairbanks, Alaska).Bressler, J., Cleveland, G., Ruzicka, J., 1979, 1979 annual progress report McLeod project area: Doyon Report 79-33, 48 p. (Report held by Doyon, Ltd., Fairbanks, Alaska).Boniwell, J.B., 1981, Airborne geophysics over the McLeod prospect, Kaiyuh Mountains, Nulato, Alaska: Doyon Report 81-05, 9 p. (Report held by Doyon, Ltd., Fairbanks, Alaska).Boniwell, J.B., 1981, An addendum to the report on airborne geophysics over the McLeod prospect, Kaiyuh Mountains, Nulato, Alaska: Doyon Report 81-08, 16 sheets. (Report held by Doyon, Ltd., Fairbanks, Alaska.)Joesting, H.R., 1943, Strategic mineral occurrences in interior Alaska, supplement to pamphlet no. 1: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Pamphlet 2, 26 p.Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Candle, Holy Cross, Norton Bay, Nulato, and Unalakleet quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-866, 102 p.