Mine detail: West Chilligan

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

61.46614, -153.24997

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Molybdenum, Copper, Silver, Zinc
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Clay, Quartz, Sericite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Siltstone
Associated type:	Diorite,Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Alteration processes:	Argillization and quartz-chlorite veining.

References

MRDS	A013077
DEP	10002180
Reference	{Deposit:: Resource Associates of Alaska, Inc., 1976, Geology and geochemistry of certain land within the Lake Clark National Park: Contract report for U.S. Bureau of Mines, 109 p.}{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