Mine detail: Bibban

Previously called 'Bibbon'

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Location

Lat / long: 67.87974, -148.73335

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host rock:Skajit Limestone
Host type:Limestone

References

MRDSA012131
DEP10001389
Reference{Deposit:: Grybeck, D.J., 1977, Known mineral deposits of the Brooks Range, Alaska: US Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-166C, 41 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.}{Deposit:: DeYoung, J.H., Jr., 1978, Mineral resources map of the Chandalar quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-878-B, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Schmidt, J.M., 1997, Shale-hosted Zn-Pb-Ag and barite deposits of Alaska, in Goldfarb, R.J., and Miller, L.D., eds., Mineral Deposits of Alaska, 1997: Economic Geology Monograph 9, p. 35-65.}
ReporterJ.M. Britton