Alaska
Occurrence

Unnamed (west of Kemuk River)

Alaska, United States
SilverGoldCopperZincLeadMolybdenumMercury
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Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold, Copper
SecondaryZinc, Lead, Molybdenum, Mercury
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrite
GangueQuartz
Geology
AlterationSilicification and oxidation.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10308855
MRDS IDDE00939
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates59.6993, -159.80272
References
Hoare, J.M., and Cobb, E.H., 1977, Mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bethel, Goodnews, and Russian Mission quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-156, 98 p.Hoare, J.M., and Coonrad, W.L., 1978, Geologic map of the Goodnews and Hagemeister Island quadrangles region, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-9-B, two sheets, scale 1:250,000.Hessin, T.D., Taufen, P.M., Seward, J.C., Quintana, S.J., Clark, A.L., Grybeck, Donald, Hoare, J.M., and Coonrad, W.L., 1978, Geochemical and generalized geological map showing distribution and abundance of copper in the Goodnews and Hagemeister quadrangles region, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-9-M, scale 1:250,000.Cieutat, B.A., Goldfarb, R.J., and Specman, W.S., 1988, Analytical results and sample locality map of stream-sediment, heavy-mineral-concentrate, and organic material samples from the Goodnews, Hagemeister Island, and Nushagak quadrangles, southwest Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-591, 187 p.Kilburn, J., Box, S.E., Goldfarb, R.J., and Gray, J.E., 1992, Geochemically anomalous areas in the eastern Goodnews Bay quadrangle, southwest Alaska, in Bradley, D. C., and Ford, A. B., eds., The U.S. Geological Survey in Alaska, Accomplishments in 1990: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1999, p. 156-162.