Commodities
PrimaryCopper, Lead
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Materials
Ore mineralsAzurite, Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Duftite
GangueLimonite, Pyrite, Quartz
Geology
AlterationSilicification; extensive oxidation and secondary mineral development; faulting and gouge development.
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10308792
MRDS IDA012767
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates65.19933, -163.87833
References
Briskey, J.A., 1983, Summary of field observations on Seward Peninsula mineral deposits: U.S. Geological Survey, unpublished administrative report, 34 p.Till, A.B., Dumoulin, J.A., Gamble, B. ., Kaufman, D.S., and Carroll, P.I., 1986, Preliminary geologic map and fossil data,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.