Mine detail: Snipe Bay Nickel-Copper Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

56.42388, -134.95747

Resource(M)

Primary:	Nickel, Copper
Tertiary:	Silver
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pentlandite
Gangue:	Apatite, Hornblende, Magnetite, Plagioclase, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Discovery year:	1922

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Associated type:	Hornblendite
Tectonic:	Chugach Terrane

References

MRDS	A013373
DEP	10002448
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS MF-446, LOC. 15 (1972)}{Deposit:: USGS B 936-M (1942)}{Deposit:: USGS OF 78-787, P. 26, 27 (1978)}{Other Database:: BAG-MF-464-15}
Reporter	Niles, L.P. (Huber, D.F.)