Alaska
Prospect

Omar

Alaska, United States
CopperCobalt
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondaryCobalt
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model233: Kipushi Cu-Pb-Zn (BC name is Carbonate-hosted Cu)
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Malachite, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
GangueCalcite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockDolomite
AlterationHydrothermal dolomitization.
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10094088
MRDS IDA015621
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates67.48946, -160.8836
References
Degenhart, C.E., Griffis, R.J., McQuat, J.F., and Bigelow, C.G., 1978, Mineral studies of the western Brooks Range performed under contract to the U.S. Bureau of Mines, Contract #JO155089: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 103-78, 529 p., 11 sheets.WGM Inc., 1980, Non-fuel mineral resource study of Alaska: Anchorage, Alaska, WGM, Inc., unpublished report, 320 p. (Report held by NANA Regional Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska).Jansons, Uldis, 1982, Cobalt content in samples from the Omar copper prospect, Baird Mountains, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report MLA 109-82, 16 p.Folger, P.F., and Schmidt, J.M., 1986, Geology of the carbonate-hosted Omar copper prospect, Baird Mountains, Alaska: Economic Geology, v. 81, p. 1690-1695.Schmidt, J.M., and Folger, P.F., 1986, Lead-zinc-silver mineralization in Paleozoic dolostones, Powdermilk prospect, Baird Mountains B-4 quadrangle: in Bartsch-Winkler, S., and Reed, K.M., eds., Geologic studies in Alaska by the USGS during 1985: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 978, p. 19-21.U.S. Bureau of Land Management, 1989, Geology, Energy and Mineral Resources, Proposed Squirrel River Wild and Scenic River and adjacent area, Baird Mountains, northwest Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Land Management, Division of Mineral Resources, Kobuk District, 42 p.Cobb, E.H., Mayfield, C.F., and Brosge, W.P., 1981, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in eleven quadrangles in northern Alaska (Arctic, Baird Mountains, Chandler Lake, DeLong Mountains, Demarcation Point, Howard Pass, Misheguk Mountain, Mount Michelson, Noatak, Point Lay, and Table Mountain); Supplement to Open-File Report 75-628; Part A, Summaries of data to January 1, 1981: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-767-A, 25 p.