Alaska
Occurrence

Trachsel

Alaska, United States
Iron
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Commodities
PrimaryIron
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model62: Skarn Fe
Materials
Ore mineralsMagnetite
GangueGarnet, Pyroxene
Geology
Host rockMarble · Talkeetna Formation;
Associated rockGranite · Aleution Range Batholith
AlterationHornfels and metasomatic alteration are present in this occurrence.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10093964
MRDS IDA010644
Alternate namesSnug Harbor
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates60.24556, -152.85375
References
Martin, G.C., 1920, The Alaska mining industry in 1918: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 712-A, p. 1-52.Brooks, A.H., 1921, The future of Alaska mining, in Martin G.C. and others, Mineral resources of Alaska, 1917: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 714, p. 5-57.Grantz, Arthur, 1956, Magnetite deposits at Tuxedni Bay, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1024-D, p. 95-106.Detterman, R.L., and Hartsock, J.L., 1966, Geology of the Iniskin-Tuxedni region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 512, 78 p.Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than minerals fuels and construction materials) in the Kenai and Tyonek Quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-86, 36 p.Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Kenai quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-377, 1 sheet, scale 1:150,000.Moffit, F.H., 1927, The Iniskin-Chinitna Peninsula and Snug Harbor district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 789, 71 p.MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 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.