Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold, Copper, Tungsten
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Scheelite
GangueQuartz
Geology
AlterationMetasedimentary Rocks Are Iron-Stained (Richter, 1967).
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10009652
MRDS IDD002741
Alternate namesKnik River - Glacier Fork
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates61.58957, -148.20236
References
RICHTER, D.H., 1967, GEOLOGICAL AND GEOCHEMICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN THE METAL CREEK AREA, CHUGACH MOUNTAINS: ALASKA DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS GEOLOGIC REPORT 25, 17 P., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:63,360.COBB, E.H., 1973, PLACER DEPOSITS OF ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULLETIN 1374, 213 P., 1 PLATE.MACKEVETT, E.M., AND HOLLOWAY, C.D., 1977, MAP SHOWING METALLIFEROUS AND SELECTED NON-METALLIFEROUS MINERAL DEPOSITS IN THE EASTERN PART OF SOUTHERN ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 77-169-A, 99 P., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:1,000,000.COBB, E.H., 1979, SUMMARY OF REFERENCES TO MINERAL OCCURRENCES (OTHER THAN MINERAL FUELS AND CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS IN ANCHORAGE QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 79-1095, 184 P.MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.Cobb, E.H., 1975, Tungsten occurrences in Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Resource Map MR-66, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Anchorage quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-409, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.