Mine detail: Hetta Mountain Prospects

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Location: Alaska, United States, North America
Lat / long: 55.19973, -132.56846
dep_id: 10000027
mrds_id: A010027
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Minor mineral: Zinc
Trace mineral: Silver, Gold, Molybdenum, Cobalt
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: No production occurred
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Diopside, Garnet, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
alteration: Zone Is Strongly Limonitized
ore_ctrl: Northern Prospect Follows Dike
Reporter: Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.)
hrock_type: Skarn (Tactite)
arock_type: Diorite
References:
  • Deposit:: USGS BULL 347, P. 108.
  • Deposit:: USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 87, P. 56.
  • Deposit:: USGS MF-433.
  • Deposit:: USGS OF 78-869, P. 87.
  • Deposit:: ADGGS GR 48, P. 40-41.
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