Commodities
PrimaryGold, Silver
SecondaryLead, Zinc, Mercury, Arsenic, Copper
Deposit
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueCalcite, Quartz, Rhodonite, Siderite
Geology
AlterationThe wall rocks exhibit strong carbonate alteration accompanied by pyrite.
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10308161
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates55.28954, -160.47172
References
Peterson, R.J., Lemmers, J., Handverger, P., Gallagher, J., Pilcher, R., East, J., Macleod, T., Bartels. E., 1982, Geology and precious metals potential Unga, Popof, and Korovin Islands, Shumagin Group, Aleutian Chain, Alaska: UNC Teton Exploration Drilling Company report, 127 p., 5 map sheets, various scales. (Report held by the Aleut Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska.)Wilson, F.H., White, W.H., and DuBois, G.D., 1988, Brief descriptions of mines, prospects, and mineral occurrences in the Port Moller and Stepovak Bay quadrangles, Alaska Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-666, 128 p., scale 1:250,000.Wilson, F.H., Detterman, R.L., Miller, J. W., and Case, J.E., 1995, Geologic map of the Port Moller, Stepovak Bay, and Simeonof Island quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigation Series Map I-2272, 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000.