Mine detail: Alaska Chief

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Location

Lat / long:

58.44472, -136.10318

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Copper, Gold
Ore:	Azurite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Limonite, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host type:	Marble
Associated type:	Diorite
Alteration processes:	Formation of contact-metasomatic calc-silicate minerals in limestone and contact zone of granitic intrusion; local oxidation of copper and iron minerals.

References

MRDS	A013191
DEP	10002287
Reference	{Deposit:: Wright, F.E. and Wright, C.W., 1937, The Glacier Bay National Monument in southeastern Alaska, its glaciers and geology: U.S. Geological Survey manuscript report, 224 p.}{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.}
Reporter	C.C. Hawley