Mine detail: Greathouse

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 63.09156, -147.39775

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Covellite, Malachite
Gangue: Calcite, Epidote, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host rock:Nikolai Greenstone;Nikolai Greenstone
Host type:Basalt
Associated type:Diorite
Alteration processes:The country rock has been epidotized adjacent to and along the shear zone.

References

MRDSA011361
DEP10000722
Reference{Deposit:: Kaufman, M.A., 1964, Geology and mineral deposits of the Denali-Maclaren River area, Alaska: Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals, Geologic Report 4, 15 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:105,000.}{Deposit:: Glavinovich, P.S., 1967, Trace element copper distribution and areal geology in a portion of the Clearwater Mountains, Alaska: University of Alaska Minerals Industry Research Laboratory, Report 10, 55 p.}{Deposit:: Smith, T.E., 1981, Geology of the Clearwater Mountains, south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Geologic Report 60, 72 p., 3 sheets, scale 1:63,360.}{Deposit:: Nokleberg, W.J., and others, 1992, Circum-North Pacific terrane map, in Tracy, K.V., Anker, E. M., Ryan, C., Hoffman, V. , eds., International conference on Arctic margins, p. 44.}
ReporterD.L. Stevens