Mine detail: Unnamed (at head of Quartz Creek)

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

65.4694, -161.36333

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host type:	Andesite
Associated type:	Andesite
Alteration processes:	Oxidation, carbonate replacement, and tourmaline.

References

MRDS	A013487
DEP	10002544
Reference	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.
Reporter	Anita Williams