Mine detail: Tippy

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 60.49934, -158.74277

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Gold
Ore: Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite
Gangue: Quartz, Tourmaline

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Siltstone
Alteration processes:Silicification (quartz veining in hornfels) and oxidation.

References

MRDSA013457
DEP10002516
Reference{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Taylor Mountains quadrangle: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-384, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Dillingham, Sleetmute, and Taylor Mountain quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-606, 92 p.}
ReporterTravis L. Hudson