Mine detail: Unnamed (north wall of South Crillon Glacier)

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 58.63665, -137.311

Resource(M)

Primary: Nickel, Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrrhotite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Crillon-La Perouse Stock
Host type:Hornblendite

References

MRDSA013125
DEP10002223
Reference{Deposit:: Kennedy, G.C. and Walton, M.S., Jr., 1946, Geology and associated mineral deposits of some ultrabasic rocks in southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 947-D, p. 65-84.}{Deposit:: Rossman, Darwin, 1963, Geology and petrology of two stocks of layered gabbro in the Fairweather Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1121-F, p. F1-F50.}{Deposit:: MacKevett, E.M., Jr., Brew, D.A., Hawley, C.C., Huff, L.C., and Smith, J.G., 1971, Mineral resources of Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 632, 90 p., 12 plates, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources of the Mount Fairweather quadrangle, AK: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Study Map MF-436, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Kimball, A.L., Still, J.C., and Rataj, J.L., 1978, Mineral resources, in Brew, D. A., and others, Mineral resources of the Glacier Bay National Monument wilderness study area, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-494, p. C1-C375.}
ReporterC.C. Hawley