Mine detail: Mt. Fairplay

Previously called 'Fairplay'

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Location

Lat / long: 63.68974, -142.24266

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Alteration processes:Hydrothermal alteration (Singer and others, 1976).

References

MRDSA012531
DEP10001747
Reference{Deposit:: Kerin, L.J., 1976, The reconnaissance petrology of the Mount Fairplay igneous complex: University of Alaska, Fairbanks, M.Sc. thesis, 95 p.}{Deposit:: Singer, D.A., Csejtey, Bela, Jr., and Miller, R.J., 1978, Map and discussion of the metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral resources of the Talkeetna Mountains quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 78-588-Q, 33 p., 1 plate, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Eberlein, G.D., Chapman, R.M., Foster, H.L., and Gassaway, J.S., 1977, Map and table describing known metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral deposits in central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-168-D, 132 p., 1 map, scale 1:1,000,000.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., and Eberlein, G.D., 1980, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Big Delta and Tanacross quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-1086, 77 p.}{Deposit:: U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1984, Mt. Fairplay report: U.S. Bureau of Mines, Fairbanks, Alaska, unpublished data on file at Geologic Materials Center, Box 13, Eagle River, Alaska, 17 p.}{Deposit:: Wilson, F.H., Smith, J.G., and Shew, Nora, 1985, Review of radiometric data from the Yukon crystalline terrane, Alaska and Yukon Territory: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 22, p. 525-537.}
ReporterC.E. Cameron