Mine detail: Sleitat Mountain

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Location

Lat / long: 60.04548, -157.0827

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten, Tin
Ore: Arsenopyrite, Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stannite, Wolframite, Lollingite, Bismite, Ferrotantalite
Gangue: Zinnwaldite, Clay, Muscovite, Quartz, Topaz, Tourmaline

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host rock:Kuskokwim Group;Kuskokwim Group;
Host type:Siltstone
Alteration processes:Greisenization, late clay development, oxidation including iron- and scorodite-staining.

References

MRDSA013460
DEP10002518
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.}{Deposit:: Menzie, W.D., and Reed, B.L., 1986, Grade and tonnage model of Sn greisen deposits: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1693, p. 71-72.}{Deposit:: Burleigh, R.E., 1991, Evaluation of the tin-tungsten greisen mineralization and associated granite at Sleitat Mountain, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 35-91, 38 p.}{Deposit:: Hudson, T.L., and Reed, B.L., 1997, Tin deposits of Alaska, in Goldfarb, R.J., and Miller, L.D., eds., Mineral Deposits of Alaska: Economic Geology Monograph 9, p. 450-465.}
ReporterTravis L. Hudson