Mine detail: Moose Creek

Previously called 'Northwestern'

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Location

Lat / long: 61.78956, -149.05267

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc, Copper, Gold, Silver
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Copper, Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Silver, Sphalerite, Nickel

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Alteration processes:Surface gossan.

References

MRDSA011638
DEP10000966
Reference{Deposit:: Brooks, A.H., 1918, Mineral resources of Alaska, 1916: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 662, 469 p.}{Deposit:: Chapin, Theodore, 1921, Lode developments in the Willow Creek district: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 714-E, p. 201-206.}{Deposit:: Capps, S.R., 1940, Geology of the Alaska Railroad region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 907, 201 p.}{Deposit:: Jasper, M.W., 1965, Geochemical investigations of selected areas in southcentral Alaska, 1964: Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals Geochemical Report 4, 31 p.}{Deposit:: Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Anchorage Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-409, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous mineral deposits in the eastern part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-A, 99 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials in Anchorage quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-1095, 184 p.}
ReporterS.W. Huss, D.P. Bickerstaff