Mine detail: Unnamed (near Styx River)

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 61.66004, -153.04526

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz, Sericite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Hornblendite
Alteration processes:Quartz veining and possibly quartz-pyrite-sericite replacement.

References

MRDSA013070
DEP10002173
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.}
ReporterTravis L. Hudson