Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryZinc, Copper, Lead
Deposit
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Materials
Ore mineralsArsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueAnkerite, Calcite, Marcasite, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
AlterationClays, ankerite/calcite, and quartz are the dominant alteration assemblages in the mafic dikes.
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10307514
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates63.21258, -149.65383
References
Ross, C.P., 1933, The Valdez Creek mining district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 849, p. 289-467.Wells, R.R., 1956, Laboratory concentration of various Alaska copper ores: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 5245, 9 p.Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.Mulligan, J.J., Warfield, R.S., and Wells, R.R., 1967, Sampling a gold-copper deposit, Golden Zone Mine, south-central Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 9-67, 59 p.Hawley, C.C., and Clark, A.L., 1974, Geology and mineral deposits of the upper Chulitna district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 758-B, p. 1-47, 2 sheets, scale 1:12,000 and 1:48,000.Hawley, C.C., and others, 1978, Mineral appraisal of lands adjacent to Mt. McKinley National Park, Alaska. Contract No. JO166107: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 24-78, 274 p., 12 sheets.