Alaska
Occurrence

Unnamed (in headwaters of Surprise Creek)

Alaska, United States
CopperSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper
SecondarySilver
Deposit
Model184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Malachite
GangueChlorite
Geology
AlterationOxidized; iron-stained.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10308298
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates64.79832, -164.13028
References
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.