Alaska
Occurrence

Double Glacier

Alaska, United States
ZincCopperGold
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Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Copper, Gold
Deposit
Model184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueBarite, Calcite, Gypsum, Quartz
Geology
AlterationThe Double Glacier occurence has alteration characteristics of a Kuroko type massive sulfide deposit that include sulfate alteration and silification.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10307711
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates60.09245, -152.97863
References
Steefel, C.I., 1987, The Johnson River Prospect, Alaska: Gold rich sea-floor mineralization from the Jurassic: Economic Geology, V. 82, p. 894-914.Swainbank, R.C., Bundtzen, T. K., Clough A.H., and Henning, M.W., 1997, Alaska's mineral industry 1996: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report 51, 68 p.