Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model87: Basaltic Cu (BC name is Volcanic redbed Cu)
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Covellite, Cuprite, Enargite, Malachite, Copper
GangueCalcite, Dolomite, Epidote, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGreenstone
Associated rockGreenstone · Nikolai Greenstone
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10096776
MRDS IDA011705
Alternate namesGreenstone claims, Radovan Group: Greenstone claims
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates61.42468, -142.35246
References
Sainsbury, C.L., 1952, Geology of the Nelson and Radovan copper prospects, Glacier Creek, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 61, 18 p.Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Smith, J.G., 1968, Distribution of gold, copper, and some other metals in the McCarthy B-4 and B-5 quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 604, 25 p.MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Smith, J.G., 1972, Geologic map of the McCarthy B-4 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-943, scale 1:63,360.MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1976, Mineral deposits and occurrences in the McCarthy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-773-B, scale 1:250,000.