Mine detail: Styx River

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 61.53864, -153.16052

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc, Lead, Molybdenum, Silver
Ore: Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz, Sericite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Granite
Associated type:Granite
Alteration processes:Quartz-sericite-pyrite replacement and veining.

References

MRDSA013071
DEP10002174
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:: Reed, B. L., and Lanphere, M. A., 1973, Alaska-Aleutian Range batholith-- Geochronology, chemistry, and relation to circum-Pacific plutonism: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 84, no. 8, p. 2583-2610.}{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