Alaska
Occurrence

Makushin Valley SE

Alaska, United States
CopperSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model53: Porphyry Cu
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrite
GangueMagnetite
Geology
AlterationPossibly propylitic and argillic alteration. Partial leaching, fractures largely leached.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10003267
MRDS IDA106010
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates53.8991, -166.71907
References
Drewes, Harold, Fraser, G.D., Snyder, G.L., and Barnett, H.F., Jr., 1961, Geology of Unalaska Island and adjacent insular shelf, Aleutian Islands, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1028-S, p. 583-676.Christie, J.S., 1974, Aleut-Quintana-Duval 1974 joint venture, final report: Unpublished Quintana Minerals Corporation report, 24 p., 3 appendices, 2 maps. (Report held by the Aleut Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska.)