Mine detail: Sukakpak Mountain

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 67.58971, -149.73334

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver, Antimony
Ore: Cinnabar, Gold, Molybdenite, Stibnite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Alteration processes:There is little gossan or other weathering associated with the veins and almost no wallrock alteration. The stibnite weathers to yellow stibconite (Sb3O6(OH)) and red kermesite (Sb2S2O).

References

MRDSA012160
DEP10001415
Reference{Deposit:: Dillon, J.T., 1982, Source of lode and placer gold deposits of the Chandalar and upper Koyukuk Districts: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Open-File Report 158, 25 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Mosier, E.L., Cathrall, J.B., Antweiler, J.C., Tripp, R.B., Lueck, L., and Eakins, G.R., 1987, Gold occurrences and characteristics in the Chandalar-Koyukuk area, in Albanese, M.A. and Campbell, B.W., eds., Proceedings of 9th Annual Alaska Conference on Placer Mining: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Miscellaneous Paper 9, p. 45-53.}{Deposit:: Nokleberg, W.J., Bundtzen, T.K., Berg, H.C., Brew, D.A., Grybeck, D.J., Robinson, M.S., Smith, T.E., and Yeend, W., 1987, Significant metalliferous lode deposits and placer districts of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1786, 104 p.}{Deposit:: Huber, J.A., 1988, The geology and mineralization of the Sukakpak Mountain area, Brooks Range, Alaska: Fairbanks, Alaska, University of Alaska Fairbanks, M.Sc. thesis, 81 p.}{Deposit:: Nokleberg, W.J., Bundtzen, T.K., Berg, H.C., Brew, D.A., Grybeck, Donald, Robinson, M.S., Smith, T.E., and Yeend, Warren, 1988, Metallogeny and major mineral deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-73, 97 p., 2 plates, scale 1:5,000,000.}{Deposit:: Dillon, J.T., Lamal, K.K., and Huber, J.A., 1989, Gold deposits in the upper Koyukuk and Chandalar mining districts, in Mull, C.G., and Adams, K.E., eds., Bedrock geology of the eastern Koyukuk Basin, central Brooks Range, and east-central Arctic Slope along the Dalton Highway, Yukon River to Prudhoe Bay, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Guidebook 7, 2 v., 309 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:125,000 and 1:2,851,200.}{Deposit:: Dillon, J.T., and Reifenstuhl, R.R., 1990, Geologic map of the Wiseman B-1 quadrangle, southcentral Brooks Range, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Professional Report 101, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.}{Deposit:: Nokleberg, W.J., Bundtzen, T.K., Grybeck, D.J., Koch, R.D., Eremin, R.A., Rozenblum, I. S., Sidorov, A.A., Byalobzhesky, S.G., Sosunov, G.M., Shpikerman, V.I., Gorodinsky, M.E., 1993, Metallogenesis of mainland Alaska and the Russian Northeast: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 93-0339, 3 sheets, 230 p.}{Deposit:: Dillon, J.T., Reifenstuhl, R.R., and, Harris, G.W., 1996, Geologic map of the Chandalar C-5 quadrangle, southeastern Brooks Range, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Professional Report 104, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.}
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