Mine detail: Pioneer

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 65.06774, -147.35796

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold, Stibnite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Alteration processes:Yellowish oxidation products of stibnite common in quartz.

References

MRDSA015452
DEP10002956
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ReporterJ.R. Guidetti Schaefer , C.J. Freeman