Mine detail: Peterson Mine

Previously called 'Prairie Claim'

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Location

Lat / long:

58.43919, -134.72313

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1897

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
Last production ended:	1922

Geology

Host rock:	Treadwell Slate; Slate, Augite Bearing Volcanic Flow Breccia, Graywacke, Tuff And Sericite Schist
Host type:	Slate
Associated type:	Diorite

References

MRDS	A012015
DEP	10001285
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULL 287, P. 126}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 502, P. 53-54}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 714, P. 109}{Deposit:: USGS GQ-100}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 1246, P. 159}{Deposit:: USGS OFR 84-572, P. 169, NO. 70}{Deposit:: USGS OFR 85-717, P. 149}{Other Database:: BAG-OFR-85-717-136}
Reporter	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.)