The Shakan molybdenite deposit, Kosciusko Island, southeastern Alaska

Abstract

The deposit is in a n a p o w breooiated fault ;cone, vhich is mineraltied with the sulfide mfneraLs molybdenite, pyrite, pyrxhotits, chalcopyrite, and sphalerSte. , ' Themdeposit is exposed in 14 prospect p i t # and a 570-foot adit driven alwg the * fault, f .t contains qbout 4,500 tons of measured ore c m t a i n h g a h u % 1,5 parcent of MoS2 in addition to indZcated reserves aggregating betwecn 10,000 ma 20,000 tons of ore e s t h m t e d , to contain 1.5 percent of rioS2. .,An additional few' tern of thousands 03 tons may be Lnferred.A Limited w b e r of mimeographed copies, of the report, with maps, a m avail-, able to t h~a e directly interested and may be oMained upon application to the