Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
SecondaryLead, Copper
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrite, Scheelite
GangueQuartz, Tourmaline
Geology
AlterationTourmaline alteration along closely spaced fractures.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10308797
MRDS IDA013482
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates65.46939, -161.48333
References
Miller, T.P., and Elliott, R.L., 1969, Metalliferous deposits near Granite Mountain, eastern Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 614, 19 p.Cobb, E.H., 1975, Tungsten occurrences in Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Resource Map MR-66, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Candle, Holy Cross, Norton Bay, Nulato, and Unalakleet quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-866, 102 p.Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Candle Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-389, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.