Mine detail: Wheeler

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 64.97625, -164.6472

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc, Lead, Gold, Silver
Ore: Boulangerite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Ankerite, Calcite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Producer

Geology

Alteration processes:Oxidation with abundant limonite, and possible silicification.

References

MRDSA012667
DEP10001852
Reference{Deposit:: Smith, P.S., 1908, Investigations of mineral deposits of Seward Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 345, p. 206-250.}{Deposit:: Cathcart, S.H., 1922, Metalliferous lodes in southern Seward Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 722, p. 163-261.}{Deposit:: Asher, R.R., 1969, Geology and geochemistry of part of the Iron Creek area, Solomon D-6 quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: Alaska Division of Mines and Geology Geochemistry Report 18, 19 p.}{Deposit:: Sainsbury, C.L., Hudson, T.L., Ewing, R., and Richards, T., 1972, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Solomon D-6 quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 512, 17 p.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic resources map of the Solomon quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-445, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Solomon quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-181, 185 p.}{Deposit:: Church, S.E., Briskey, J.A., Delevaux, M.H., and LeHuray, A.P., 1985, Preliminary results of Pb-isotope analyses of deposits from the Seward Peninsula, in Susan Barsch Winkler, ed., The United States Geological Survey in Alaska; Accomplishments during 1984: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 967, p. 24-27.}{Deposit:: Till, A.B., Dumoulin, J.A., Gamble, B. ., Kaufman, D.S., and Carroll, P.I., 1986, Preliminary geologic map and fossil data, Soloman, Bendeleben, and southern Kotzebue quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-276, 10 p., 3 plates, scale 1:250,000.}
ReporterTravis L. Hudson