Mine detail: Indian

Previously called 'Blue Ridge'

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Location

Lat / long: 62.81968, -144.22264

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver
Ore: Azurite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host type:Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:Ahtell Pluton
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite

References

MRDSA011838
DEP10001145
Reference{Deposit:: Moffit, F.H., 1932, The Slana District, upper Copper River region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 824, p. 111-124.}{Deposit:: Thorne, R.L., 1946, Exploration of argentiferous lead-copper deposits of the Slana district, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 3940, 9 p.}{Deposit:: Wedow, Helmuth, Jr., 1953, Preliminary summary of reconnaissance for uranium and thorium in Alaska, 1952: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 248, 15 p.}{Deposit:: Nelson, A.E., West, W.S., and Matsko, J.J., 1954, Reconnaissance for radioactive deposits in eastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 348, 21 p.}{Deposit:: Richter, D.H., 1966, Geology of the Slana district on south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Geological Report 2l, 36b p., 3 sheets, scale 1:63,360.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Gulkana quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-1247, 36 p.}
ReporterW.J. Nokleberg, C.C. Hawley, W.T. Ellis