Ellamar

United States· AlaskaUnknown
Contained Copper
—
Average Grade
2.63%
Deposit Type
VMS — Bimodal-Mafic
Discovery Year
1897

Overview

Massive, disseminations, lenses. Developed to 180 m below sea level. 486,000 t ore produced (Koski and others (2008).

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Pelite-mafic in mature oceanic backarc

Resources & Operations

Operator: 0

Production Start: 1897

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS