Nickel-Copper Deposits on the West Coast of Chichagof Island, Alaska
Description:
From abstract: On the west coast of Chichagof Island, southeastern Alaska, are three nickel-copper deposits that consist of norite containing the sulfide minerals pyrrhotite, pentlandite, and chalcopyrite. The deposits are within less than a mile of each other and are, by water, 160 miles southwest of Juneau and 70 miles northwest of Sitka. The norite is part of a stock, about 5 square miles of which is above sea level. Other rocks of the stock are amphibolite, amphibolitic norite, gabbro, dior…
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Date:
1942
Creator:
Pecora, W. T.
Partner:
UNT Libraries Government Documents Department