Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
SecondaryTungsten, Antimony, Bismuth, PGE
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsBismuth, Gold, Monazite, Scheelite, Ilmenorutile
Geology
AlterationExtensive oxidation of regolith results in grussification of plutonic suite.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10002606
MRDS IDA015043
Alternate namesVinasale
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates62.69556, -155.71291
References
Bundtzen, T.K., 1986, Prospect examination of a gold-tungsten placer deposit in Alder Creek, Vinasale Mountain area, western Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Public Data File Report 86-15, 10 pages.Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Iliamna, Lake Clark, Lime Hills, and McGrath quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-485, 101 p.Cobb, E.H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 p.Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the McGrath quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-379, 1 sheet, 1:250,000 scale.