Mine detail: Chute Creek

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 63.93964, -147.74284

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz, Sericite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Totatlanika Schist
Host type:Rhyolite
Associated type:Rhyolite
Alteration processes:Phyllic.

References

MRDSA011304
DEP10000680
Reference{Deposit:: Brooks, A.H., 1910, Mineral resources of Alaska, report on progress of investigations in 1909: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 442, 426 p.}{Deposit:: Capps, S.R., 1911, Mineral resources of the Bonnifield region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 480-H, p. 218-235.}{Deposit:: Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.}{Deposit:: Wahrhaftig, Clyde, 1970, Geologic map of the Healy D-2 quadrangle: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-804, scale 1:63,360.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Healy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-1062, 113 p.}{Deposit:: Eakins, G.R., Bundtzen, T.K., Lueck, L.L. Green, C.B., Gallagher, J.L., and Robinson, M.S., 1985, Alaska mineral industry, 1984: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report 38, 57p.}{Deposit:: Cox, D.P., Light, T.D., Csejtey, Bela, Jr., and Campbell, D.L., 1989, Mineral resource assessment map of the Healy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map, MF-2058-A, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Wilson, F.H., Dover, J.H., Bradley, D.C., Weber, F.R., Bundtzen, T.K., and Haeussler, P.J., 1998, Geologic map of central (interior) Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-133, 17 p., 2 sheetsm, scale 1:500,000.}
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