Commodities
PrimaryTungsten
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsWolframite
GangueQuartz
Geology
AlterationHornfels is developed in the country rocks adjacent to the Taylor Mountain pluton. Quartz veining is common in the border of the pluton and in the hornfels.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10309021
MRDS IDA013458
RegionNA
Data scoreD
Coordinates60.94938, -157.35278
References
Cady, W.M., Wallace, R.E., Hoare, J.M., and Webber, E.J., 1955, The central Kuskokwim region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 268, 132 p.Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Taylor Mountains quadrangle: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-384, scale 1:250,000.Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Dillingham, Sleetmute, and Taylor Mountain quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-606, 92 p.Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Dillingham, Sleetmute, and Taylor Mountains quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-606, 92 p.