Mine detail: Red Top Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

63.53984, -150.9765

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold
Secondary:	Lead
Tertiary:	Tungsten, Zinc
Ore:	Galena, Jamesonite, Polybasite, Pyrargyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Marcasite, Melanterite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite, Sulfur

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1922

Geology

Host rock:	Birch Creek;Birch Creek
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	Kantishna Antiform

References

MRDS	A011248
DEP	10000633
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULL 739, P. 36}{Deposit:: DAVIS, J.A., 1923, THE KANTISHNA REGION, ALASKA, IN STEWART, B.D., ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MINE INSPECTOR TO THE GOVERNOR OF ALASKA, 1922: JUNEAU, ALASKA, P. 121-123}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 836, P. 326-328}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 849-F, P. 361-364}{Deposit:: ALASKA TERRITORIAL DEPT. OF MINES. PAM 2, P. 20}{Deposit:: ADGGS OFR 98, P. 9-10, 25 LOC. 18, 31 NO. 18}{Deposit:: USBM OFR 24-78, P. 4-23 TO 4-26}{Deposit:: ADGGS RI 83-12, P. 17}{Production:: ADGGS OFR 98, P. 25}
Reporter	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.), Mosier, Dan, Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan)