Mine detail: Foster

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 65.02936, -162.57329

Resource(M)

Primary: Tin, Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc
Ore: Anglesite, Cerussite, Galena
Gangue: Clay, Goethite, Limonite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host type:Marble
Alteration processes:Oxidation, fracturing, and leaching of wall-rock is known to a depth of 430 feet.

References

MRDSA012764
DEP10001930
Reference{Deposit:: Mulligan, J.J., 1962, Lead-silver deposits in the Omilak area, Seard Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 6018, 44 p.}{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.}{Deposit:: Gamble, B.M., 1988, Non-placer mineral occurrences in the Solomon, Bendeleben, and southern part of the Kotzebue quadrangles, western Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Map MF-1838-B, 13 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}
ReporterTravis L. Hudson