Alaska
Occurrence

Littlejohn

Alaska, United States
GoldMercurySilverArsenic
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Commodities
PrimaryGold, Mercury
SecondarySilver, Arsenic
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model104: Hot-spring Au-Ag151: Epithermal vein, Sado
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrite
GangueClay, Quartz
Geology
Host rockAndesite
AlterationPropylitic alteration, inferred from presence of chlorite (Christie, 1974).
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10003316
MRDS IDA106060
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates55.03308, -162.86743
References
Christie, J.S., 1974, Aleut-Quintana-Duval 1974 joint venture, final report: Unpublished Quintana Minerals Corporation report, 24 p., 3 appendices, 2 maps.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.)Trujillo, R.S., Tapper, C.J., Alvarez, T.J., Porterfield, Ben, and Toupe, W.M., 1982, Exploration and evaluation of precious metal potential of portions of Aleut Corporation lands, southwest Alaska 1982: Unpublished Resource Associates of Alaska report, 91 p, 33 mpas, various scales. (Report held by the Aleut Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska.)Butherus, D.L., 1984, Exploration and evaluation of northern Akun Island and Walrus Peak-Littlejohn areas, Aleut Native Corporation Lands, 1984: Resource Associates of Alaska, 14 p., 4 appendices (Report held by the Aleut Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska.)