Mine detail: Regal

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 61.55467, -142.97443

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Malachite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:Chitistone Limestone;Nikolai Greenstone
Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Greenstone
Alteration processes:Oxidation of Cu minerals.

References

MRDSA011720
DEP10001042
Reference{Deposit:: Miller, D.J., 1946, Copper deposits of the Nizina district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 947F, p. 93-120.}{Deposit:: MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Radtke, A.S., 1966, Hydrothermal alteration near the Kennecott copper mines, Wrangell Mountains area, Alaska, A preliminary report, in Geological Survey Research 1966: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 550B, p. B165-B168.}{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., 1972, Geologic map of the McCarthy C-6 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-979, 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.