Alaska
Past Producer

Grant

Alaska, United States
GoldSilverLeadAntimonyTungsten
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondarySilver, Lead, Antimony, Tungsten
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsArsenic, Arsenopyrite, Galena, Gold, Scheelite
GangueGoethite, Muscovite
Geology
AlterationThe O'Dea vein-fault zone is heavily oxidized; it consists of gold-bearing quartz breccia cemented by iron, arsenic and antimony oxides, broken schist fragments, mylonite, and minor sulfides (Bundtzen and Kline, 1981).
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10308826
MRDS IDA015285
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates64.88166, -147.95995
References
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