Alaska
Past Producer

Mountain View: Fish Creek nos. 1, 2, and 3

Alaska, United States
TungstenZincLeadMolybdenumCopperGoldSilverUraniumBarium-Barite
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Commodities
PrimaryTungsten, Zinc, Lead, Molybdenum, Copper, Gold, Silver
SecondaryUranium, Barium-Barite
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Azurite, Barite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Freibergite, Galena, Gold, Hematite, Magnetite, Malachite, Marcasite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Silver, Sphalerite
GangueAnkerite, Calcite, Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite
Geology
AlterationOxidation and supergene enrichment of some copper, silver, lead, and uranium minerals.
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10308879
MRDS IDA012286
Alternate namesSkookum, Gray Copper, Ruby Silver
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates55.98477, -130.05075
References
Buddington, A.F., 1929, Geology of Hyder and vicinity, southeastern Alaska, with a reconnaissance of Chickamin River: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 807, 124 p.West, W.S., and Benson, P.D., 1955, Investigations for radioactive deposits in southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1024-B, p. 25-57.Byers, F.M., and Sainsbury, C.L., 1956, Tungsten deposits of the Hyder district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1024-F, p. 123-140.Elliott, R.L., Berg, H.C., and Karl, Susan, 1978, map and table describing metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral deposits, Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report, 78-73-B,17 p., scale 1:250,000.Cobb, E.H., and Elliott, R.L., 1980, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-1053, 154 p.Berg, H.C., Elliott, R.L., and Koch, R.D., 1988, Geologic map of the Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Series Map MF-1807,27 p., scale 1:250,000.Maas, K.M., Bittenbender, P E., and Still, J.C., 1995, Mineral investigations in the Ketchikan mining district, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 11-95, 606 p.