Mine detail: Clifton

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 59.52976, -135.2221

Resource(M)

Primary: Molybdenum
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Alteration processes:None is specifically referenced in the geologic descriptions in Smith (1942) but Herbert and Race (1965) suggest bleaching and possibly, silicification.

References

MRDSA013111
DEP10002210
Reference{Deposit:: Barker, Fred, 1952, The coast range batholith between Haines, Alaska and Bennett Lake, British Columbia: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Miscellaneous Report 109-3, 48 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:126,720.}{Deposit:: Herbert, C.F., and Race, W.H., 1964, Geochemical investigations of selected areas in southeastern Alaska, 1964: Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals Geochemical Report 1, 75 p.}{Deposit:: Herbert, C.F., and Race, W.H., 1965, Geochemical investigations of selected areas in southeastern Alaska, 1964 and 1965: Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals Geochemical Report 6, 75 p., 4 sheets, scale 1:63,360.}{Deposit:: Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Skagway quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-424, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Mt. Fairweather and Skagway quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-316, 123 p.}{Deposit:: Berg, H.C., 1984, Regional geologic summary, metallogenesis, and mineral resources of southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 84-572, 298 p., 1 plate, scale approx. 1:600,000.}{Deposit:: Barker, Fred, Arth, J.G., and Stern, T.W., 1986, Evolution of the Coast batholith along the Skagway traverse, Alaska and British Columbia: American Mineralogist, v. 71, p. 632-643.}{Deposit:: Clough, A.H., 1991?, Bureau of Mines mineral investigations in the Juneau mining district, Alaska, 1984-1988, v. 2, Detailed mine, prospect, and mineral occurrence descriptions, section E, Coast Range subarea: U.S. Bureau of Mines of Mines Special Publication, 44 p.}{Deposit:: Gehrels, G.E., McClelland, W.C., Samson, S.D., Patchett, P.J., and Jackson, J.L., 1990, Ancient continental margin assemblage in the northern Coast Mountains, southeast Alaska and northwest Canada: Geology, v. 18, p. 208-211.}{Deposit:: Gehrels, G.E., McClelland, W.C., Samson, S.D., Patchett, P.J., and Brew. D.A., 1991, U-Pb geochronology and tectonic significance of Late Cretaceous-early Tertiary plutons in the northern Coast Mountains batholith: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 28, p. 899-911.}{Deposit:: Brew, D.A., and Ford, A.B., 1994, The coast mountains plutonic-metamorphic complex and related rocks between Haines, Alaska, and Fraser, British Columbia q tectonic and geologic sketches and Klondike Highway road log: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 94-268, 25 p.}
ReporterT.C. Crafford