Mine detail: Unnamed (near Iceberg Point, Lemesurier Island)

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

58.26278, -136.07817

Resource(M)

Primary:	Molybdenum, Copper
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite
Gangue:	Calcite, Epidote, Garnet, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Alteration processes:	Development of tactite in limestone.

References

MRDS	A013193
DEP	10002289
Reference	{Deposit:: Buddington, A.F., 1926, Mineral investigations in southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 783, p. 41-62.}{Deposit:: Buddington, A.F., and Chapin, Theodore, 1929, Geology and mineral deposits of southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 800, 398 p.}{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.}
Reporter	C.C. Hawley