Mine detail: Nelson

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 64.76151, -165.3922

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc, Lead
Ore: Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host type:Limestone
Alteration processes:Marble was bleached at the prospect.

References

MRDSA012801
DEP10001961
Reference{Deposit:: Cathcart, S.H., 1922, Metalliferous lodes in southern Seward Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 722, p. 163-261.}{Deposit:: Hummel, C.L., and Chapman, R.M., 1960, Geologic and economic significance of some geochemical results obtained from stream sediment samples near Nome, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 400-B, p. B30-33.}{Deposit:: Hummel, C.L., 1962, Preliminary geologic map of the Nome D-1 quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-248, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.}{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:: 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.}
ReporterC.C. Hawley, Travis L. Hudson