Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Sphalerite
GanguePyrite
Geology
Host rockMarble
AlterationThermal metamorphism of Mississippian limestone has commonly developed coarse marble on St. Lawrence Island (Patton and Csejtey, 1980) but calc-silicate minerals or tactite have not been described.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10003132
MRDS IDA015664
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates63.52913, -171.0432
References
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.