Commodities
PrimaryMolybdenum
SecondaryTungsten, Lead, Tin, Manganese, Copper, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model80: Porphyry Mo, low-F
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Ferrimolybdite
Geology
AlterationThe principal mineralized dike is pervasively sericitized and locally intensely silicified. The bedded rocks peripheral to the stock are thermally altered to hornfels and contain secondary pyrite and chlorite.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10308505
MRDS IDA013467
Alternate namesMcLeod
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates63.27439, -159.29137
References
Fields, E.D., 1976, Regional mineral survey of the Kaltag withdrawal area (Doyon, Ltd.) and examination of the McLeod molybdenum prospect, Kaltag, Alaska: Doyon Report 76-21, 9 p. (Report held by Doyon, Ltd., Fairbanks, Alaska).Lessman, J., 1979, Doyon project 1979 annual progress report: Doyon Report 79-31, 5 p. (Report held by Doyon, Ltd., Fairbanks, Alaska).Bressler, J., Cleveland, G., Ruzicka, J., 1979, 1979 annual progress report McLeod project area: Doyon Report 79-33, 48 p. (Report held by Doyon, Ltd., Fairbanks, Alaska).Boniwell, J.B., 1981, Airborne geophysics over the McLeod prospect, Kaiyuh Mountains, Nulato, Alaska: Doyon Report 81-05, 9 p. (Report held by Doyon, Ltd., Fairbanks, Alaska).Boniwell, J.B., 1981, An addendum to the report on airborne geophysics over the McLeod prospect, Kaiyuh Mountains, Nulato, Alaska: Doyon Report 81-08, 16 sheets. (Report held by Doyon, Ltd., Fairbanks, Alaska.)