The site is located on land selected by the Aleut Corporation.
Location: This approximately located occurrence is on the Alaska Peninsula, about 4.2 miles north of upper Dorenoi Bay (Christie, 1974, color anomaly 75; MacKevett and Holloway, 1977, locality 24; Wilson and others, 1988, locality 24). The map site is at an elevation of 1,100 feet, in the SE1/4 of sec. 35, T. 51 S., R. 72 W., of the Seward Meridian. The location is accurate to within 3 miles.
Geology: The area of this site is marked by a 1- by 2-mile color anomaly (Christie, 1974, number 75) in the late Eocene to early Oligocene Stepovak Formation (Wilson and others, 1995). The bedded rocks are intruded by several plutons. Christie described the occurrence as sparse calcite veins and vein breccias containing a trace of pyrite. He collected six silt samples that contained as much as 0.01 ppm gold, 1.8 ppm silver, 70 ppm copper, 102 ppm zinc, and 4 ppm molybdenum.
Workings: Christie briefly examined and silt-sampled the site in 1974.
Age: Eocene or younger.

Commodities (Major) - Ag, Au; (Minor) - Cu, Mo, Zn
Development Status: None

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Commodity List

This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.

Mineral List

ⓘ Calcite

ⓘ Pyrite

2 valid minerals.

Detailed Mineral List:

ⓘ Calcite

Formula: CaCO₃

References:

(2008) Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF) Open-File Report 2008-1225. US Geological Survey

ⓘ Pyrite

Formula: FeS₂

References:

(2008) Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF) Open-File Report 2008-1225. US Geological Survey

Gallery:

List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification

Group 2 - Sulphides and Sulfosalts
ⓘ	Pyrite	2.EB.05a	FeS₂
Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates
ⓘ	Calcite	5.AB.05	CaCO₃

List of minerals for each chemical element

C	Carbon
C	ⓘ Calcite	CaCO₃
O	Oxygen
O	ⓘ Calcite	CaCO₃
S	Sulfur
S	ⓘ Pyrite	FeS₂
Ca	Calcium
Ca	ⓘ Calcite	CaCO₃
Fe	Iron
Fe	ⓘ Pyrite	FeS₂

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Link to USGS - Alaska:	PM036

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References

Christie, J.S., 1974, Aleut-Quintana-Duval 1974 joint venture, final report: Unpublished Quintana Minerals Corporation report, 24 p., 3 appendices, 2 maps. (Report held by the Aleut Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska.) MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000. Wilson, F.H., Detterman, R.L., Miller, J. W., and Case, J.E., 1995, Geologic map of the Port Moller, Stepovak Bay, and Simeonof Island quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigation Series Map I-2272, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000. Wilson, F.H., White, W.H., and DuBois, G.D., 1988, Brief descriptions of mines, prospects, and mineral occurrences in the Port Moller and Stepovak Bay quadrangles, Alaska Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-666, 128 p., 1 plate, scale 1:250,000.

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