Mine detail: Elizabeth

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 62.79968, -144.17262

Resource(M)

Primary: Molybdenum, Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Ferrimolybdite
Gangue: Clay, Quartz, Sericite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Alteration processes:Argillic and sericite alteration; argillic alteration is probably accentuated by supergene acid solutions formed by oxidation of pyrite.

References

MRDSA011839
DEP10001146
Reference{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:: Richter, D.H., and Matson, N.A., 1968, Distribution of gold and some base metals in the Slana area, eastern Alaska Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 593, 20 p.}{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.T. Ellis, C.C. Hawley, W.J. Nokleberg