Mine detail: Quartz Creek

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 67.80972, -149.16336

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Malachite
Gangue: Goethite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Hunt Fork Shale;Hunt Fork Shale;Hunt Fork Shale
Host type:Slate
Associated rock:Skajit Limestone
Associated type:Limestone

References

MRDSA012148
DEP10001404
Reference{Deposit:: Brosgi, W.P., and Reiser, H.N., 1964, Geologic map and section of the Chandalar quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map 1-375, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Chandalar quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-457, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Mulligan, J.J., 1974, Mineral resources of the Trans-Alaska Pipeline corridor: U.S. Bureau of Mines Information Circular 8626, 24 p.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Chandalar and Wiseman quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-340, 205 p.}{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:: Cobb, E.H., and Cruz, E.L., 1983, Summaries of data and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Chandalar quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-278, 91 p.}
ReporterJ.M. Britton