Petrology, composition, and age of intrusive rocks associated with the Quartz Hill molybdenite deposit, southeastern Alaska

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Hudson, Travis, Smith, James G., Elliott, Raymond L.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 1979
• Subjects: General Earth and Planetary Sciences; Quadrangle; Ketchikan; Alaska
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/e79-165; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/e79-165

A large porphyry molybdenum deposit (Quartz Hill deposit) was recently discovered in the heart of the Coast Range batholithic complex about 70 km east of Ketchikan, southeastern Alaska. Intrusive rocks associated with the mineral deposit form two composite epizonal to hypabyssal stocks and many dike...