Mine detail: Unnamed (northeast of upper Wood River)

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Location

Lat / long:

63.7377, -147.56892

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Malachite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Alteration processes:

Locally conspicuous iron staining and oxidation of copper minerals.

References

MRDS	A011364
DEP	10000725
Reference	{Deposit:: Sherwood, K.W., Craddock, Campbell, and Smith, T.E., 1976, Mineral occurrences in the upper Wood River, Edgar Creek, and West Fork Glacier areas, central Alaska Range: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys Special Report 14, 13 p.}{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.}
Reporter	N. Van Wyck