Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model105: Epithermal vein, generic
Geology
AlterationArgillic alteration is characteristic with there being local development of silicification and sericitic alteration. Leaching (of sulfides?) is complete in fractures and only partial where they are disseminated (Christie, 1974).
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10003268
MRDS IDA106011
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates53.86577, -166.8024
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Survey Bulletin 1028-S, p. 583-676.Christie, J.S., 1974, Aleut-Quintana-Duval 1974 joint venture, final report: Unpublished Quintana Minerals Corporation report, 24 p., 3 appendices, 2 maps.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.)