Mine detail: Quartz Creek Silver-Lead-Zinc Occurrence

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Location

Lat / long:

65.51329, -161.40361

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Lead, Zinc
Tertiary:	Copper, Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Pyrite, Quartz
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:	Tourmaline And Sericite Alteration Along Closely Spaced Fracture Zones.

References

MRDS	A013480
DEP	10002537
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS CIRCULAR 614, P. 4-7, 16-18, FIG. 2, SAMPLE LOCS. 19, 20 (1969).}{Deposit:: USGS OF 76-866, P. 47-48 (1976).}{Other Database:: BAG-C-614-19,20}
Reporter	Niles, L.P. (Huber, D.F.), Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan)