Alaska
Prospect

Pebble Deposit

Alaska, United States
CopperGoldMolybdenumSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Gold
SecondaryMolybdenum, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model78: Porphyry Cu-Au
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Pyrite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Bornite, Covellite, Chalcocite, Magnetite, Galena, Sphalerite, Goethite
GangueBiotite, Diorite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockTonalite,Granodiorite
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1989
Identification
Deposit ID10258264
Alternate namesPebble Beach Copper, Pebble Copper
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates59.8971, -155.2952
References
The Northern Dynasty Minerals Ltd website description of Pebble.\nhttp://www.northerndynastyminerals.com/ndm/Pebble.aspPorter GeoConsultancy web page for Pebble has a description of the geology. Accessed 9/8/2010. \nhttp://www.portergeo.com.au/The Metals Economics Group (MEG) webpage for Pebble contains information about this deposit. Accessed on 6/29/2010. \nhttp://www.metalseconomics.com/\nMETALS WEEK 1/21/91MINING JOURNAL, SUPPLEMENT, 5/20/94, P.8.CANADIAN MINES HANDBOOK 1991-92, P.108.MINING ENGINEERING, 3/91, P. 285.Bouley, B.A., St. George, P., and Wetherbee, P.K., 1995, Geology and discovery at Pebble Copper, a copper-gold porphyry system in southwest Alaska: Canadian Institute of Mining, Metallurgy, and Petroleum, Special Volume 46Detterman, R.L., and Reed, B.L., 1980, Stratigraphy, structure, and economic geology of the Iliamna quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1368-B, 86 p.\nMuller, Daniel, and Groves, D. I., 1995, Potassic igneous rocks and associated gold-copper mineralization: in No. 56, Lecture notes in Earth Sciences, Springer-Verlag, New York, 210 p.Youngman, Bruce, 2003, New discoveries within the giant Pebble copper-gold sulfide system [abs]: 2003 Cordilleran Exploration Roundup, Vancouver, B.C., Canada.NORTHERN MINER, V 76/N 47, 3/9/92, P.1,19.ALASKA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE 1/28/91 P. 2Bundtzen, T.K., Swainbank, R.C., Wood, J.E., and Clough, A.H., 1992, Alaska's mineral industry 1991: A summary: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Information Circular 35, 11 p.COMINCO LTD., 1993 ANNUAL REPORT, P.35.COMINCO LTD., 1995 ANNUAL REPORT, P.37.