Alaska
Prospect

The Dome

Alaska, United States
LeadCopper
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Commodities
PrimaryLead, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model53: Porphyry Cu
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite
GangueCalcite, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockHornfels
AlterationQuartz-sericite-pyrite alteration of the intrusive rocks is present on the northeast side of The Dome.
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10094004
MRDS IDA011840
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates62.80968, -144.08263
References
Richter, D.H., 1964, Geology and mineral deposits of the Ahtell Creek area, Slana District, south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Geologic Report 6, 17 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:31,680.Richter, D.H., 1966, Geology of the Slana district on south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Geological Report 2l, 36b p., 3 sheets, scale 1:63,360.Richter, D.H., 1975, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Nabesna B-3 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-904, scale 1:63,360.Richter, D.H., Lanphere, M.A., and Matson, N. A., Jr., 1975, Granite plutonism and metamorphism, Eastern Alaska Range, Alaska: Geological Society of American Bulletin, v. 86, p. 819-820.Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Gulkana quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-1247, 36 p.Beard, J.A., and Barker, Fred, 1989, Petrology and tectonic significance of gabbro, tonalites, shoshonites, and anorthosites in a late Paleozoic arc-root complex in the Wrangellia terrane, Southern Alaska: Journal of Geology, v. 97, p. 667-683.Nokleberg, W.J., and others, 1994, Metallogeny and major mineral deposits of Alaska and Metallogenic map of significant metalliferous lode deposits and placer districts of Alaska, in Plafker, G. and Berg, H.C., eds., The Geology of Alaska: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America: The Geology of North America, v. G1, p. 855-904 and v. G1, Plate 11, scale 1:2,500,000.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.Richter, D.H., and Matson, N.A., Jr., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Gulkana quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-419, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.