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Bornite from
Pebble Copper prospect, Bristol Bay Mining District, Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA


Locality type:Prospect
Classification
Species:Bornite
Formula:Cu5FeS4
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Bornite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Pebble Copper prospect, Bristol Bay Mining District, Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:587295
Long-form Identifier:1:3:587295:4
GUID (UUID V4):0
Nearest other occurrences of Bornite
79.7km (49.5 miles) ⓘTazimina Prospect, Bristol Bay Mining District, Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA
87.2km (54.2 miles) ⓘKamishak Prospect (Painted River), Redoubt Mining District, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA
91.0km (56.5 miles) ⓘPfaff; Battle Lake Prospect, Bristol Bay Mining District, Lake and Peninsula Borough, Alaska, USA
References
Eppinger, R.G., Kelley, K.D., Fey, D.L., Giles, S.A., Minsley, B.J., and Smith, S.M., 2010, USGS exploration geochemistry studies at the Pebble porphyry Cu-Au-Mo deposit, Alaska—pdf of presentation: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 2010–1225, 64 p.
(2008) Alaska Resource Data File (ARDF) Open-File Report 2008-1225. US Geological Survey
Lang, J. R., Gregory, M. J., Rebagliati, C. M., Payne, J. G., Oliver, J. L., Roberts, K. (2013) Geology and Magmatic-Hydrothermal Evolution of the Giant Pebble Porphyry Copper-Gold-Molybdenum Deposit, Southwest Alaska. Economic Geology, 108 (3) 437-462 doi:10.2113/econgeo.108.3.437
 
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