Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Gold, Copper, Lead
SecondaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model184: Massive sulfide, kuroko187: Massive sulfide, Sierran kuroko
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Geology
Host rockLimestone
Associated rockAndesite
AlterationHost Rock Is Rhyolite Tuff (?) Altered To Phyllite And Schist
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10096765
MRDS IDA010320
Alternate namesBP Adit
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates56.41863, -132.95492
References
Buddington, A.F., 1923, Mineral deposits of the Wrangell district; U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 739, p. 51-75.Berg, H. C., and Grybeck, Donald, 1980, Upper Triassic volcanogenic Zn-Pb-Ag (-Cu-Au) mineral deposits near Petersburg, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-527, 11 p., 1 oversize sheet.Berg, H.C., 1981, Upper Triassic volcanogenic massive sulfide metallogenic province identified in southeastern Alaska, in Albert, N.R.D., and Hudson, T.L., eds., The United States Geological Survey in Alaska: accomplishments during 1979: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 823-B, p. B104-B108.Grybeck, D.J., Berg, H.C., and Karl, S.M., 1984, Map and description of the mineral deposits in the Petersburg and eastern Port Alexander quadrangles: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-837, 86 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.Brew, D.A., 1997, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Petersburg B-3 quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-156-E, 21 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.