Mine detail: Unnamed (on Quartz Creek)

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 65.5694, -161.43333

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Silver
Ore: Silver, Pyrite, Galena
Gangue: Calcite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Trachyte
Associated rock:Quartz Creek Pluton
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Alteration processes:Hydrothermal.

References

MRDSA013477
DEP10002534
Reference{Deposit:: Miller, T.P., and Elliott, R.L., 1969, Metalliferous deposits near Granite Mountain, eastern Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 614, 19 p.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources of the Candle Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-389, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 p.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Candle, Holy Cross, Norton Bay, Nulato, and Unalakleet quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-866, 102 p.}
ReporterAnita Williams