Mine detail: Unnamed

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

61.62274, -142.42249

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcocite, Malachite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Moonshine Creek Formation; Chiefly Silstone And Sandstone
Host type:	Greenstone
Associated rock:	Nikolai Greenstone
Associated type:	Greenstone

References

MRDS	A011727
DEP	10001049
Reference	{Deposit:: MacKevett, E.M., Jr., 1970, Geologic map of the McCarthy C-4 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-844, 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.}
Reporter	Richter, D.H., Leonard, K.R., Elliott, R.L.