Mine detail: Lemon Claims

Previously called 'Copper King'

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Location

Lat / long: 62.19663, -142.82254

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold, Silver, Zinc, Iron
Ore: Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Gypsum, Molybdenite, Powellite, Tetrahedrite, Wollastonite
Other material: Magnetite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Limestone
Alteration processes:Secondary Minerals: Molybdenite, Chrysocolla, Malachite, Azurite, Covellite.

References

MRDSA011396
DEP10000756
Reference{Deposit:: VAN ALSTINE, R.E., AND BLACK, R.F., 1944, MINERAL DEPOSITS AT ORANGE, HILL, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 76, 1 SHEET, 16 P.}{Deposit:: RICHTER, D.H., AND MATSON, N.A., 1970, GEOCHEMICAL DATA FROM THE NABESNA A-4 QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OPEN-FILE REPORT 70-276, 14 P., 1 SHEET, SCALE 1:63,360.}{Deposit:: RICHTER, D.H., 1973, RECONNAISSANCE GEOLOGICAL MAP OF THE NABESNA A-1 QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS INVESTIGATIONS SERIES MAP I-789, SCALE 1:63,360.}{Deposit:: RICHTER, D.H., AND OTHERS, 1975, MINERAL RESOURCES MAP OF THE NABESNA QUADRANGLE, ALASKA: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY MISCELLANEOUS FIELD STUDIES MAP MF-655-K, SCALE 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: PILGRIM, E. R., 1931, ALASKA NABESNA ORANGE HILL COPPER CLAIMS, IN STEWART, B.D., REPORT ON COOPERATION BETWEEN THE TERRITORY OF ALASKA AND THE UNITED STATES IN MAKING MINING INVESTIGATIONS AND IN INSPECTION OF MINES FOR THE BIENNIUM ENDING MARCH 31, 1931, P. 69-74.}{Deposit:: USGS OFR 398, LOC. 2}{Other Database:: BAG-MF-655K-23}
ReporterLeonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.), Mason, George