Mine detail: Aurora

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

64.71511, -165.59412

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc
Ore:	Arsenopyrite, Barite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tennantite
Gangue:	Ankerite, Dolomite, Quartz, Muscovite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host type:	Schist
Associated type:	Greenstone
Alteration processes:	Remobilization of metallic minerals and carbonates during Cretaceous metamorphism.

References

MRDS	A012867
DEP	10002021
Reference	{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:: 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.}
Reporter	C.C. Hawley, Travis L. Hudson