Mine detail: Green Butte

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 61.48856, -142.77138

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Copper
Ore: Azurite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Covellite, Malachite
Gangue: Calcite, Dolomite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Chitistone Limestone
Host type:Limestone
Associated rock:Nikolai Greenstone
Associated type:Greenstone

References

MRDSA011717
DEP10001040
Reference{Deposit:: Miller, D.J., 1946, Copper deposits of the Nizina district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 947F, p. 93-120.}{Deposit:: Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.}{Deposit:: MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1974, Geologic map of the McCarthy B-5 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-1146, scale 1:63,360.}{Deposit:: MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1976, Mineral deposits and occurrences in the McCarthy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-773-B, scale 1:250,000.}
ReporterLeonard, K.R., Richter, D.H., Elliott, R.L.