Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondaryBeryllium
Geology
AlterationCalc-silicate minerals are developed in the impure marble country rocks adjacent to the Kachauik pluton. Oxidation of iron-bearing minerals in the intrusive rocks is indicated by iron-oxide staining.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10308295
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates64.82434, -162.90727
References
Miller, T.P., Grybeck, D.J., Elliott, R.L., and Hudson, T.L., 1972, Preliminary geologic map of the eastern Solomon and southeastern Bendeleben quadrangles, eastern Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-256, 11 p.Till, A.B., Dumoulin, J.A., Gamble, B. ., Kaufman, D.S., and Carroll, P.I., 1986, Preliminary geologic map and fossil data, Soloman, Bendeleben, and southern Kotzebue quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-276, 10 p., 3 plates, scale 1:250,000.Gamble, B.M., 1988, Non-placer mineral occurrences in the Solomon, Bendeleben, and southern part of the Kotzebue quadrangles, western Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Map MF-1838-B, 13 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.