Mine detail: Unnamed (north of Fisher Creek)

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 65.04977, -142.6628

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Azurite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite
Gangue: Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Greenstone
Alteration processes:There is local oxidation of copper minerals.

References

MRDSA015231
DEP10002768
Reference{Deposit:: Clark, S.H.B., and Foster, H.L., 1971, Geochemical and geological reconnaissance in the Seventymile River area, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1315, 21 p.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Charley River quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-390, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Charley River and Coleen quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-632, 45 p.}{Deposit:: Dover, J.A., and Miyaoka, R.T., 1988, Reinterpreted geologic map and fossil data, Charley River quadrangle, east-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2004, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.}
ReporterC.E. Cameron