Mine detail: Rich Hill Mine

Previously called 'Ouray Prospect'

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Location: Alaska, United States, North America
Lat / long: 55.51917, -132.3393
dep_id: 10000105
mrds_id: A010129
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Trace mineral: Iron, Molybdenum
Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small ammount of material produced
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite
gangue: Epidote, Garnet, Pyrite
work_type: Surface/Underground
ore_ctrl: Ore Bodies Are In Contact Zones Between Dikes And Counyry Rocks
Reporter: Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.)
hrock_type: Greenstone
arock_type: Diorite
Year first produced: 1917
yr_lst_prd: 1928
References:
  • Deposit:: USGS BULL 692, P. 87.
  • Deposit:: USGS BULL 1090, P. 32, 50, 126-132.
  • Deposit:: ADGGS SPECIAL REPORT 1, P. 4.
  • Deposit:: USGS MF 433
  • Deposit:: USGS OF 78-869, P. 171-172.
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