Mine detail: Peter Sather

Previously called 'Alan BlairsRolphs'

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Location

Lat / long: 59.45948, -150.63252

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host rock:Valdez Group
Host type:Slate
Associated type:Mafic Intrusive Rock
Alteration processes:Calcite rims are found on slate fragments within the vein.

References

MRDSA010569
DEP10000406
Reference{Deposit:: Pilgrim, E.R., 1933, Progress of lode mining in interior Alaska, 1932: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Miscellaneous Report 194, 11 p.}{Deposit:: Capps, S.R., 1938, Lode mining in the Nuka Bay district, in Smith, P.S., Mineral industry of Alaska in 1936: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 897-A, p. 25-32.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic minerals resources map of the Seldovia quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-397, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than minerals fuels and construction materials) in the Seldovia quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 80-87, 47 p.}
ReporterJeff A. Huber