Mine detail: Little Minook Creek Placer

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

65.45853, -150.03697

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Tungsten, Copper, Chromium, Lead, Manganese
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Gold
Gangue:	Argentite, Barite, Copper, Garnet, Hematite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Picotite, Pyrite, Sphene, Tetradymite, Zircon
Other material:	Chromite, Galena, Scheelite, Silver
Discovery year:	1893

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1896

Geology

Host type:	Sandstone,Tuff,Diabase,Slate,Quartzite,Gravel
Associated type:	Diabase,Greenstone

References

MRDS	A015229
DEP	10002769
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS MF-371 (B-1), LOC. 50}{Deposit:: USGS BULL. 844-D, P. 181-183.}{Deposit:: USGS BULL. 337, P. 75-77}{Deposit:: USGS OF 85-213, P. 32-33.}
Reporter	Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.)