Mine detail: Smith prospect

Previously called 'Willoughby IslandTreadwell Yukon Co.'

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Location

Lat / long: 58.59167, -136.14319

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold, Silver
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Jamesonite, Pyrite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Calcite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Host type:Marble
Associated type:Lamprophyre
Alteration processes:Extensive pyritic and ankeritic alteration of lamprophyre.

References

MRDSA013180
DEP10002276
Reference{Deposit:: Shephard, J.G., 1926, Smith Prospect, Willoughby Island: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Prospect Evaluation 111-4, 1 p.}{Deposit:: Rossman, Darwin, 1963, Geology of the eastern part of the Mount Fairweather quadrangle, Glacier Bay, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1121-K, p. K1-K57.}{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