Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model87: Basaltic Cu (BC name is Volcanic redbed Cu)
Materials
Ore mineralsBornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Enargite, Malachite, Copper
GangueCalcite, Dolomite, Pyrite
Geology
Host rockLimestone · Chitistone Limestone;Chitistone Limestone
Associated rockGreenstone · Nikolai Greenstone;
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10100963
MRDS IDA011706
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates61.45079, -142.38553
References
Bateman, A.M., 1932, Notes on a Kennecott-type copper deposit, Glacier Creek, Alaska: Economic Geology, v. 27, p. 297-306.Miller, D.J., 1946, Copper deposits of the Nizina district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 947F, p. 93-120.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.