Alaska
Occurrence

Bearhole Creek

Alaska, United States
Copper
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Pyrite
GangueFeldspar, Graphite, Quartz
Geology
AlterationLight color may indicate oxidation.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10307241
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates60.98287, -142.50073
References
Brabb, E.E., and Miller, D.J., 1962, Reconnaissance traverse across the eastern Chugach Mountains, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map I-341, scale 1:96,000.Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bering Glacier, Icy Bay, Middleton Island, and Yakutat quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-1246, 41 p.Hudson, T.L., and Plafker, George, 1982, Paleogene metamorphism of an accretionary flysch terrane, eastern Gulf of Alaska: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 93, p. 1280-1290.Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Bering Glacier quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-373, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.