Mine detail: Burnet Galena

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 65.02467, -147.47684

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver
Ore: Silver, Cerussite, Jamesonite, Limonite, Pyrite, Galena
Gangue: Pyromorphite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host type:Diorite
Alteration processes:Secondary minerals formed from the alteration of galena are pyromorphite and cerusite.

References

MRDSA015379
DEP10002892
Reference{Deposit:: Hill, J.M., 1933, Lode deposits of the Fairbanks District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 849-B, p. 29-163.}{Deposit:: Killeen, P.L., and Mertie, J.B., 1951, Antimony ore in the Fairbanks District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 51-46, 43 p.}{Deposit:: Chapman, R.M., and Foster, R.L., 1969, Lode mines and prospects in the Fairbanks district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 625-D, 25 p., 1 plate.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map 413, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-633, 72 p.}
ReporterC.J. Freeman, J.R. Guidetti Schaefer