Mine detail: Rambler

Previously called 'Cliff veinGolden Eagle Group'

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Location

Lat / long: 62.38275, -143.00867

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Marcasite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host rock:Nabesna Limestone
Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Diorite,Andesite
Alteration processes:Pyrrhotite alters to marcasite along limonite-stained fractures

References

MRDSA011386
DEP10000746
Reference{Deposit:: Lowe, P.C., and others, 1982, Geologic map of the Nabesna B-5 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-1566, scale 1:63,360.}{Deposit:: Moffit, F.H., 1943, Geology of the Nutzotin Mountains, Alaska, with a section on the igneous rocks, by R. C. Wayland, and Gold deposits near Nabesna, by R. C. Wayland, 1943: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 933-B, p. 103-199.}{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.}
ReporterElliott, R.L., Richter, D.H., Nokleberg, W.J.., Leonard, K.R.