Mine detail: Unnamed (near Styx River)

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

61.68337, -153.05693

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tin, Copper, Silver
Ore:	Azurite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite
Gangue:	Albite, Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Hornblendite
Associated rock:	Mount Estelle Pluton
Associated type:	Hornblendite
Alteration processes:	Granodiorite in the shear zone is altered to quartz, sericite, albite, and iron oxide minerals.

References

MRDS	A013069
DEP	10002172
Reference	{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic resources map of the Lime Hills quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-412, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Iliamna, Lake Clark, Lime Hills, and McGrath quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-485.}{Deposit:: Gamble, B.M., Bailey, E. A., and Reed, B. L., 1989, Gold occurrences near Snowcap Mountain, Lime Hills B-2 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-0646, 8 p.}
Reporter	Travis L. Hudson