Mine detail: Unnamed (east of Kashoto Glacier)

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 58.87472, -137.03822

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Pyrite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Hornfels
Associated type:Diorite
Alteration processes:Contact metamorphism and formation of hornfels. Sulfidation; abundant secondary iron-staining.

References

MRDSA013143
DEP10002241
Reference{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:: Brew, D.A., Johnson, B.R., Grybeck, D., Griscom, A., Barnes, D.F., Kimball, A.L., Still, J.C., and Rataj, J.L., 1978, Mineral resources of the Glacier Bay National Monument Wilderness Study Area, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-494, 670 p.}{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