Mine detail: Unnamed Skarn

Previously called 'Near Lime Peak Rocky Mountain'

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Location

Lat / long: 65.62749, -146.65578

Resource(M)

Primary: Tin
Secondary: Tungsten
Ore: Scheelite
Gangue: Magnetite, Pyroxene, Pyrrhotite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: None
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Limestone
Associated rock:Lime Peak Pluton
Associated type:Granite

References

MRDSA012258
DEP10001511
Reference{Deposit:: Menzie, W. D., Foster, H. L., Tripp, R.B., and Yeend, W. E., 1983, Mineral resource assessment of the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 83-170-B, 61 p., 1 sheet, 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Burton, P. J., Warner, J.D., and Barker, J. C., 1985, Reconnaissance investigation of tin occurrences at Rocky Mountain (Lime Peak), east-central Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open File Report 31-85, 44 p.}{Deposit:: Nokleberg, W. J., Bundtzen, T. K., Berg, H. C., Brew, D. A., Grybeck, D., 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:: Smith, T. E., Pessel, G. H., and Wiltse, M. A., 1987, Mineral assessment of the Lime Peak - Mt. Prindle area, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Miscellaneous Paper 29, 712 p., scale 1:63,360.}{Other Database:: BAG-OFR-83-170B-28}
ReporterLeonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.), C.J. Freeman, J.R. Guidetti Schaefer, A.S. Clements