Mountain View Group-Gray Copper Vein

US / AK

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Mountain View Group-Gray Copper Vein is a known mineral occurrence in Alaska, documented by the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The mineralization is hosted in Diorite. Reported specimens include Anglesite, Ankerite, Azurite, Barite, Calcite, Chalcopyrite; logged ore minerals are Chalcopyrite, Freibergite, Galena, Gold, Molybdenite, Scheelite, Silver, Sphalerite; gangue is recorded as Anglesite, Ankerite, Barite, Calcite, Chlorite, Covellite, Malachite, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Sericite, Specularite. The site was discovered in 1917.

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AnglesiteAnkeriteAzuriteBariteCalciteChalcopyriteChloriteChrysocollaCopperCovelliteFreibergiteGalenaGoldMalachiteMarcasiteMolybdenitePyritePyrrhotiteQuartzScheeliteSericiteSilverSpeculariteSphaleriteWolframite

Geology and deposit

Host rock: Diorite
Associated rock: Texas Creek Granodiorite — Diorite

Ore minerals

ChalcopyriteFreibergiteGalenaGoldMolybdeniteScheeliteSilverSphalerite

Gangue minerals

AnglesiteAnkeriteBariteCalciteChloriteCovelliteMalachiteMarcasitePyritePyrrhotiteQuartzSericiteSpecularite

Mining history

Status: Occurrence
Discovered: 1917

Records and references

Cited references

USGS BULL 773, P. 74, 76-77USGS BULL 807, P. 43, 63-67USGS BULL 800, P. 317, 324, 327, 330, 358USBM IC 7379, P. 42, 68-69USBM RI 3944USGS BULL 1024-B, P. 25-27, 30-32, 34-44USGS BULL 1024-F, P. 123, 125-128, 137-138USGS BULL 1058-A, P. 27-29ALASKA DEPT. OF MINES AND MINERALS, REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1966, P. 63USGS OFR 78-73B, P. 4, NO. 6BAG-OFR-78-73B-06

Data: USGS Mineral Resources Data System, record 10001539 — view the source record

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Coordinates: 55.98921, -130.05342

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