Mine detail: Griffin

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 65.50773, -148.5361

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Chromite, Gold, Pentlandite, Pyrite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host type:Metasedimentary Rock
Alteration processes:Deposit stained green by weathering of disseminated sulfides.

References

MRDSA015399
DEP10002909
Reference{Deposit:: Saunders, R.H., 1955, Report on the Griffen nickel prospect, Livengood quadrangle: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Prospect Evaluation 49-13, 3 p.}{Deposit:: Foster, R.L. and Chapman, R.M., 1967, Locations and descriptions of lode prospects in the Livengood area, east-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 275, 5 p.}{Deposit:: Foster, R.L., 1968, Descriptions of the Ruth Creek, Lillian Creek, Griffin, Old Smoky, Sunshine No. 2, and Olive Creek lode prospects, Livengood District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 68-104, 21 p.}{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.}
ReporterJ.R. Guidetti Schaefer , C.J. Freeman