Mine detail: Independence

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 65.67132, -162.46725

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Silver
Ore: Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Actinolite, Calcite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Alteration processes:The deposit is oxidized and an early description (Levensaler, 1941) notes that siderite bodies replace limestone (marble).

References

MRDSA012683
DEP10001864
Reference{Deposit:: Levensaler, L.H., 1941 (?), Kugruk Galena Mines, Fairhaven mining district, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: Unpublished report for property owners, 4 p. , two level plans, and two cross sections.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic resources map of the Bendeleben quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Map MF-417, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1975, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bendeleben quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-429, 123 p.}{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