Mine detail: Unnamed (headwaters of Quartz Creek)

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 65.4894, -161.39333

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc, Lead, Silver
Ore: Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz, Tourmaline

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Quartz Monzonite
Associated rock:Quartz Creek Pluton
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Alteration processes:Tourmaline and sericite alteration along closely spaced fractures; quartz-carbonate replacement.

References

MRDSA013484
DEP10002541
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