Mine detail: Rock Creek Corundum

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 62.59663, -143.35065

Resource(N)

Primary: Sapphire
Ore: Corundum
Gangue: Muscovite, Orthoclase, Microperthite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host type:Pegmatite
Associated type:Gneiss

References

MRDSA011383
DEP10000743
Reference{Deposit:: Richter, D.H., 1970, A corundum occurrence in the eastern Alaska Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 700-C, p. C98-C102.}{Deposit:: Richter, D.H., and Schmoll, 1973, Geologic Map of the Nabesna C-5 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-1062, scale 1:63,360.}{Deposit:: Richter, D.H., Singer, D.A., and Cox, D.P., 1975, Mineral resources map of the Nabesna quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-655-K, scale 1:250,000.}
ReporterLeonard, K.R., Elliott, R.L., Richter, D.H.