Alaska
Prospect

North Bradfield River

Alaska, United States
CopperIronZincMolybdenumSilverGold
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Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Iron
SecondaryZinc, Molybdenum, Silver, Gold
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model62: Skarn Fe
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Pyrrhotite
GangueCalcite
Geology
AlterationCalc-silicate skarn is developed in marble units; local iron staining
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10308512
Alternate namesPtarmigan
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates56.38576, -131.39181
References
MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Blake, M.C., Jr., 1963, Geology of the North Bradfield River iron prospect, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1108-D, p. D1-D21.Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-922, 98 p.U.S. Geological Survey, 1979, Aeromagnetic map of the Petersburg area, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-832, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.Elliott, R.L., and Koch, R.D., 1981, Mines, prospects, and selected metalliferous mineral occurrences in the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728-B, 23 p., 1 sheet, scales 1:250,000 and 1:63,360.Sonnevil, R.A., 1981, New data concerning the geology of the North Bradfield River iron prospect, southeastern Alaska, in Albert, N.R.D., and Hudson, Travis, eds., The United States Geological Survey in Alaska, Accomplishments during 1979: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 823B, p. B117-B118.Koch, R.D., 1996, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728-A, 35 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.Koch, R.D., 1997, Metalliferous mineral resource potential in the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-271, 57 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.