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Geology of the North Bradfield River Iron Prospect, Southeastern Alaska

Description: From abstract: The North Bradfield River iron prospect is in southeastern Alaska in rugged terrain about 8 miles southwest of the Canadian boundary and about 15 miles northeast of the head of Bradfield Canal. The prospect includes several magnetite-rich ore bodies of pyrometasomatic origin that are localized in skarn. The skarn forms a small part of a northwestward-trending roof pendant that is enclosed in the composite Coast Range batholith. The dominant rocks of the roof pendant are gneiss, … more
Date: 1963
Creator: MacKevett, E. M., Jr. & Blake, M. Clark, Jr.
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