Mine detail: Quarry

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 64.70095, -165.76968

Resource(B)

Primary: Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Silver, Zinc, Lead
Ore: Barite, Boulangerite, Fluorite, Galena, Limonite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Ankerite, Aragonite, Calcite, Dolomite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host type:Marble
Alteration processes:Silicification, dolomitization, and ankeritization.

References

MRDSA012784
DEP10001948
Reference{Deposit:: Mulligan, J.J., and Hess, H.D., 1965, Examination of the Sinuk iron deposits, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 8-65, 34 p.}{Deposit:: Herreid, G.H., 1970, Geology and geochemistry of the Sinuk area, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals Geologic Report 36, 61 p., 3 sheets, scale 1:42,000.}{Deposit:: Brobst, D.A., Pinckney, D.M., and Sainsbury, C.L., 1971, Geology and geochemistry of the Sinuk River barite deposits: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 750-D, p. D1-D8.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-463, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Heiner, L.E., and Porter, Eve, 1972, Alaska Mineral Properties, volume 2: University of Alaska, Mineral Industry Research Laboratory Report 24, 669 p.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File report 78-93, 213 p.}{Deposit:: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 1982, Mining claim location maps -- Nome quadrangle: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 8 p., 3 sheets, scales 1:63,360 and 1:250,000.}
ReporterC.C. Hawley, Travis L. Hudson