Mine detail: Hippie Creek

Previously called 'Post River #2'

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Location

Lat / long: 62.26642, -153.66283

Resource(M)

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

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Mafic Intrusive Rock

References

MRDSA015032
DEP10002595
Reference{Deposit:: Reed, B.L. and Elliott, R.L., 1968, Geochemical anomalies and metalliferous deposits between Windy Fork and Post River, southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 596, 22 pages.}{Deposit:: Bundtzen, T.K., Kline, J.T., and Clough, J.G., 1982, Preliminary geologic map of the McGrath B-2 quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Open-File report 149, 22 pages, one sheet, scale 1:63,360.}{Deposit:: Brewer, N.H., Puchner, C.C., and Gemuts, I., 1992, Farewell district, southwest Alaska Range: North Pacific Mining Company prospectus report, 21 pages}{Deposit:: Bundtzen, T.K., Harris, E.E., and Gilbert, W.G., 1997, Geologic Map of the eastern McGrath quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigations 97-14, 34 pages, one sheet, scale 1:125,000.}
ReporterT.K. Bundtzen