Mine detail: Booshu Camp

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 63.45717, -171.82626

Resource(M)

Primary: Molybdenum
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Molybdenite
Gangue: Pyrite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Alteration processes:Alteration is restricted to small amounts of quartz (at least some in veins) and partial sericitization of feldspars (Patton and Csejtey, 1971, p. C8 and C10).

References

MRDSA015655
DEP10003122
Reference{Deposit:: Anderson, Eskil, 1947, Mineral occurrences other than gold deposits in northwestern Alaska: Alaska Territorial Division of Mines Pamphlet 5-R, 48 p.}{Deposit:: Patton, W.W., Jr., and Csejtey, Bela, Jr., 1971, Preliminary geologic investigations of western St. Lawrence Island, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 684-C, p. C1-C15.}{Deposit:: Csejtey, Bela, Jr., Patton, W.W., Jr., and Miller, T.P., 1971, Cretaceous plutonic rocks of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, a preliminary report: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 750-D, p. D68-D76.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Saint Lawrence quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-465, 1:250,000 scale.}{Deposit:: Patton, W.W., Jr., and Csejtey, Bela, Jr., 1980, Geologic map of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigation Series Map I-1203, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1980, Summaries of data and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in fifteen quadrangles in southwestern and west-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-909, 103 p.}
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