Mine detail: War Eagle

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

61.55855, -143.74364

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Magnetite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Diopside, Epidote, Garnet, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host rock:	Chitistone Limestone
Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Diorite
Alteration processes:	Contact metamorphism of limestone

References

MRDS	A011736
DEP	10001057
Reference	{Deposit:: Moffit, F.H., and Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1923, The Kotsina-Kuskulana district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 745, 149 p.}{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., 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.}{Deposit:: MacKevett, E.M., Jr., Smith, J.G., Jones, D.L., and Winkler, G.R., 1978, Geologic map of the McCarthy C-8 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-1418, scale 1:63,360.}
Reporter	Leonard, K.R., Elliott, R.L., Richter, D. H., D. Singer