Mine detail: Homestake and New Home

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Location

Lat / long: 61.79355, -143.94447

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Bornite, Chalcocite, Cuprite, Tenorite, Copper

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

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

References

MRDSA011765
DEP10001081
Reference{Deposit:: Mendenhall, W.C., 1905, Geology of the central Copper River region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 41, 133 p.}{Deposit:: Moffit, F.H., and Maddren, A.G., 1909, Mineral resources of the Kotsina-Chitina region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 374, 103 p.}{Deposit:: Moffit, F.H., and Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1923, The Kotsina-Kuskulana district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 745, 149 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.}
ReporterRichter, D.H.., Leonard, K.R., Elliott, R.L,