Alaska
Prospect

Womens Bay

Alaska, United States
LeadCopperGoldSilverZinc
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Commodities
PrimaryLead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model85: Polymetallic veins274: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein, Chugach-type
Materials
Ore mineralsArsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockDiorite
AlterationSericite and muscovite alteration in granodiorite wallrock.
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10002663
MRDS IDA015104
Alternate namesShakmanof
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates57.90942, -152.61246
References
Roehm, J.C., 1936, Preliminary report of Ouzinkie Group, Kodiak Mining District, Kodiak Island, Alaska: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines, Prospect Evaluation 131-2, 4 p. 1 map sheet, scale 1 inch=100 feet.Capps, S.R., 1937, Kodiak and adjacent islands, Alaska, in Smith, P.S. and others, Mineral resources of Alaska, 1934: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 880, p. 111-184, 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000.Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.Rose, A.W., and Richter, D.H., 1967, Geology and stream sediment geochemistry of Anton Larsen Bay and vicinity, Kodiak Island, Alaska: State of Alaska Department of Natural Resources, Division of Mines and Minerals, Geologic Report 31, 10 p., 1 map sheet, scale 1:63,360.McGee, D.L., 1972, Kodiak Island and vicinity, Alaska, geology and mineral resources: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Open-File Report 31, 7 p., 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000.Roehm, J.C., 1936, Preliminary report of Ouzinkie Group, Kodiak Mining District, Kodiak Island, Alaska: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Prospect Evaluation 131-2, 4 p. (1 sheet, scale 1 inch=100 feet).MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.Rose, A.W., and Richter, D.H., 1967, Geology and stream sediment geochemistry of Anton Larsen Bay and vicinity, Kodiak Island, Alaska: Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals Geologic Report 31, 10 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Afognak, Karluk, Kodiak, and Trinity Islands quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-860, 49 p.Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Kodiak quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-460, 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000.