Mine detail: Bokan Mountain

Previously called 'Ross-Adams MineI+L Prospects, Atom-Marietta Prospect, Carol Ann Prospect'

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Location

Lat / long:

54.91084, -132.14066

Resource(B)

Primary:	Uranium
Tertiary:	Thorium, REE, Niobium (Columbium), Lead, Fluorine-Fluorite, Beryllium
Ore:	Brannerite, Galena, Monazite, Parisite, Thorite, Uraninite, Xenotime
Gangue:	Albite, Cordierite, Pyrite, Quartz, Riebeckite, Tourmaline, Zircon
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:	Mafic Intrusive Rock,Andesite,Pegmatite,Peralkaline Granite
Structure:	Many Steep Faults Cut Ore Body

References

MRDS	A010684
DEP	10000497
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:: ECON GEOL V 73, NO 4, P. 512-523}
Reporter	Hirschmann, M. M. (Elliott, R. L.)