Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryLead, Zinc, Gold, Molybdenum, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model54: Porphyry Cu (North America)79: Porphyry Cu-Mo85: Polymetallic veins
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueQuartz
Geology
AlterationThe intrusive rock at this site exhibits argillic and quartz-sericite alteration associated with abundant quartz veining.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10003415
MRDS IDA106171
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates58.67941, -153.87254
References
Church, S.E., Riehle, J.R, Magoon, L.D, and Campbell, D.L., 1992, Mineral and energy resource assessment maps of the Mount Katmai, Naknek, and western Afognak quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF 2021-F, 22 p. 2 map sheets, scale 1:250,000.Riehle, J.R., Dettermen, R.L., Yount, M.E., and Miller, J.W., 1993, Geologic map of the Mount Katmai quadrangle and adjacent parts of the Naknek and Afognak quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-2204, 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000.Church, S.E., Riehle, J.R., and Goldfarb, R.J., 1994, Interpretation of exploration geochemical data for the Mount Katmai quadrangle, and adjacent parts of the Afognak and Naknek quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 2020, 67 p., 3 map sheets, scale 1:250,000.