Shellabarger Pass

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

Tonnage is probably over 0.3 million t @ 2% Cu, 1% Zn, <0.5% Pb, 2.5 g/t Au, 68 g/t Ag. Massive, 6 lenticular bodies, replacement in carbonate rocks, fracture fillings. Surface gossans. Passive continental margin. Tholeiitic to calc-alkaline.

Geological Context

Tectonic Setting: Pelite-mafic in mature oceanic backarc

Resources & Operations

Data Provenance

Source: USGS MRDS

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