Commodities
PrimaryLead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena
GangueCalcite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Geology
Host rockLimestone
AlterationThe lithic tuff is kaolinized and cut by sulfide-bearing quartz veins.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10003130
MRDS IDA015662
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates63.36412, -171.29929
References
Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.Patton, W.W., Jr., and Csejtey, Bela, Jr., 1971, Preliminary geologic investigations of western St. Lawrence Island, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 684-C, p. C1-C15.Patton, W.W., Jr., and Csejtey, Bela, Jr., 1980, Geologic map of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigation Series Map I-1203, scale 1:250,000.Cobb, E.H., 1980, Summaries of data and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in fifteen quadrangles in southwestern and west-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-909, 103 p.Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Saint Lawrence quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-465, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.