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Porphyry copper prospect in Alaska, United States

Names and other identifiers

GMRAP ID 6
Tract name Alaska Peninsula and Aleutian Islands (003pCu5006)
Site status prospect

Geographic location

Country United States
State or province Alaska
Geographic location -158.4, 56.516666667
Geologic map unit -158.4, 56.516666667
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Geologic information

Deposit type Porphyry copper
Age (Ma) 3.6Ma
Age determination method unknown
Age range 3.6 Ma
Age reference Singer and others (2008)
Minerals actinolite, biotite, carbonate, chalcopyrite, chlorite, chrysocolla, magnetite, molybdenite, pyrite, rutile, sericite
Associated rocks tonalite porphyry, dacite, sandstone, siltstone
Tectonic setting mixed
Stratigraphic age Pliocene

Commodity and development information

Development status Prospect
Major commodities Cu
Gold-Moly ratio -9999

Reference information

Comments Resource: 9 Mt at 0.25% Cu, 0.01% Mo, and 0.06 g/t Au.
Study area name United States
References Nokleberg and others (1987); Cox and others (1981); Wilson and Cox (1983); Young and others (1997); Singer and others (2008)
Site reference U.S. Geological Survey National Mineral Resource Assessment Team (2002)
Cox, D.P., Detra, D.E., and Determan, D.L., 1981, Mineral resource maps of the Chignik and Sutwik Island quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 1053-K, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000. (Also available at http://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/mf1053K.)Nokleberg, W.J., Bundtzen, T.K., Berg, H.C., Brew, D.A., Grybeck, D., Robinson, M.S., Smith, T.E., and Yeend, W., 1987, Significant metalliferous lode deposits and placer districts of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1786, 104 p. (Also available at http://pubs.usgs.gov/bul/1786/report.pdf.)Singer, D.A., Berger, V.I., and Moring, B.C., 2008, Porphyry copper deposits of the world—Database and grade and tonnage models, 2008: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2008-1155, [45] p. and digital data, accessed December 31, 2013, at http://pubs.usgs.gov/of/2008/1155/.Wilson, F.H., and Cox, D.P., 1983, Geochronology, geochemistry, and tectonic environment of porphyry mineralization in the central Alaska Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-783, 24 p. (Also available at http://www.dggs.alaska.gov/pubs/id/11465.)
Young, L.E., St. George,P., and Bouley, B.A., 1997,Porphyry copper deposits in relation to the magmatic history and palinspastic restoration of Alaska, in Goldfarb, R.J., and Miller, L.D., eds., Mineral deposits of Alaska: Economic Geology Monograph 9, p. 306–333.