Alaska
Prospect

Terra

Alaska, United States
LeadMolybdenumCopperGoldSilverTungstenArsenicAntimony
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Commodities
PrimaryLead, Molybdenum, Copper, Gold, Silver
SecondaryTungsten, Arsenic, Antimony
Deposit
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Materials
Ore mineralsArsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Tennantite, Jordanite, Gold
GangueQuartz, Sericite
Geology
AlterationCarbonate, iron-oxide, quartz, and sericite.
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10307757
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates61.75807, -153.68268
References
Allen, M.S, 1990, Gold anomalies and newly identified gold occurrences in the Lime Hills quadrangle, Alaska , and their association with the Hartman sequence plutons, in Goldfarb, R. J., Nash, J. T., and Stoeser, J. W., eds., Geochemical studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1989: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1950, p. F1-F16.Allen, M. S., Malcolm, M. J., Motooka, J. M., and Slaughter, K. E., 1990, Geologic description, chemical analyses, and sample locality map for rock samples collected from the eastern part of the Lime Hills quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-69, 49 p..Allen, M.S., and Slaughter, K. E., 1990, Mineralogical data and sample locality map of nonmagnetic, heavy-mineral-concentrate samples collected from the eastern part of the Lime Hills quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 90-67, 64 p., 1 plate, scale 1:250,000.Porterfield, Ben, 2000, The Terra gold prospect, Alaska Range, Alaska [abs.]: Alaska Miners Association 17th Biennial Conference on Alaska Mining, Abstracts, p. 58-63.Reed, B.L., and Elliott, R.L., 1970, Reconnaissance geologic map, analyses of bedrock and stream sediment samples, and an aeromagnetic map of parts of the southern Alaska Range: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 70-217, 145 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000. (Also published as U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 413).