Mine detail: Ross-Adams Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

54.91084, -132.14066

Resource(B)

Primary:	Uranium
Tertiary:	Thorium, REE, Niobium (Columbium), Beryllium, Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite
Ore:	Brannerite, Galena, Parisite, Uraninite
Gangue:	Acmite, Albite, Cordierite, Pyrite, Quartz, Riebeckite, Tourmaline, Zircon
Orebody form:	PIPE
Discovery year:	1955

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Medium
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1957
Last production ended:	1971

Geology

Host type:	Peralkaline Granite
Associated rock:	Bokan Mountain Granite
Associated type:	Pegmatite
Structure:	Many Steep Faults Cut Ore Body

References

MRDS	A010276
DEP	10000239
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULLETIN 1154, P.62-73}{Deposit:: ADGGS GEOLOGIC REPORT 44, P.7,9-10}{Deposit:: USGS OPEN FILE 76-246, P.33-34}{Deposit:: ADGGS SPECIAL REPORT 31, P.9}{Deposit:: CAN J EARTH SCI, VOL 20, NO 2, P.236-245}{Deposit:: USGS OPEN FILE 78-863/P.6-87}
Reporter	Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.)