Mine detail: Unnamed (northwest of Ramsey Bay)

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 55.89925, -159.90245

Resource(N)

Primary: Sulfur
Ore: Pyrite, Sulfur
Gangue: Opal

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Associated type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Alteration processes:Argillic?

References

MRDSA013229
DEP10002316
Reference{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1980, Summaries of data and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in fifteen quadrangles in southwestern and west-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-909, 103 p.}{Deposit:: Wilson, F.H., White, W.H., and DuBois, G.D., 1988, Brief descriptions of mines, prospects, and mineral occurrences in the Port Moller and Stepovak Bay quadrangles, Alaska Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-666, 128 p., scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Wilson, F.H., Detterman, R.L., Miller, J. W., and Case, J.E., 1995, Geologic map of the Port Moller, Stepovak Bay, and Simeonof Island quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigation Series Map I-2272, 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000.}
ReporterS.H. Pilcher