Mine detail: Quartz Creek Lead-Silver Occurrence

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Location

Lat / long:

65.53384, -161.40167

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead
Tertiary:	Gold, Zinc, Copper
Ore:	Gold
Gangue:	Feldspar, Pyrite, Quartz, Tourmaline
Discovery year:	1968

Production

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

Geology

Host rock:	Quartz Creek Pluton
Host type:	Hornblendite
Associated type:	Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Alteration processes:	Hydrothermal Sericite-Tourmaline Alteration Along Closely Spaced Fractures.

References

MRDS	A013478
DEP	10002535
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS MF-389, LOC. 5 (1972).}{Deposit:: USGS CIRCULAR 614, P. 4-7, 16-18, FIG. 2, SAMPLE LOCS. 11, 12 (1969).}{Deposit:: USGS OF 76-866, P. 47-48 (1976).}{Other Database:: BAG-MF-389-5}
Reporter	Niles, L.P. (Huber, D.F.), Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan)