Nunatak

Alaska, United States

SilverIronCopperGoldMolybdenum

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Commodities

PrimarySilver, Iron, Copper, Gold, Molybdenum

Commodity typeM

Deposit

WorkingsSurface, Underground

Materials

Other materialsActinolite, Albite, Alunite, Andesine, Apatite, Biotite, Bornite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite, Chert, Chlorite, Clinozoisite, Diopside, Enargite, Epidote, Feldspar, Garnet, Hornblende, Magnetite, Malachite, Molybdenite, Montmorillonite, Oligoclase, Orthoclase, Phlogopite, Plagioclase, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sphene, Tetrahedrite, Zoisite

Economic & production

Development statusProspect

Discovery year1941

Identification

Deposit ID10112596

MRDS IDA013175

Alternate namesGeorge Comstock, Triton Nos. 2-20, John Johnson, Hoonah, Tom Smith, Juneau, S.H.P. Vevelstad, Triton & Triton No. 1, Nuna Nos. 34-38, J.A. Walper, C.R. Nordling, Anthony J Thomas, Climax Molybdenum Co, Anadarko Production Co., Ambassador Oil Corporation, M.A. Kaufman, Amballador Nos. 1-26, Muir Nos. 1-56, Superior Oil Co., George Moerlein, O.K. Nos. 1-4, Carl Vevelstad, Independence Day No. 1-9, 11, 13-16, Nuna Nos. 1-30Walper, Keevil Mining Group Ltd., Wallace Martin, Nunatak Peak Area, Walper & Keevil, Shesapeake & Selco

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates58.98863, -136.1021

References

MR111-1 pp. 56-57ECON G 3801 pp. 56-57B926C pp. 178-180WAR MINERALS REPORT300WAR MINERALS REPORT40B947B pp. 9-18RI4421 pp. 1-6IC7844 p. 12B1139 p. 193B1121K p. 49MR111-2B1246 p. 163OF280MIRL 28 p. 150P632MF436OF78-374 pp. 42-45OF78-494 pp. C274-C295, plates 1A, 1B, 2OF81-122MTA 82 No. F-10ALASKA KARDEX 111-020ALASKA KARDEX 111-041ALASKA KARDEX 111-050ALASKA KARDEX 111-051ALASKA KARDEX 111-057P632 p. 1OF78-494 p. C294