Mine detail: Poovookpuk Mountain

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 63.44912, -171.5332

Resource(M)

Primary: Molybdenum, Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Molybdenite
Gangue: Pyrite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host type:Quartz Monzonite
Alteration processes:Alteration of the quartz monzonite porphyry has not been described but is probably present. The nearby volcanic rocks are probably also altered in addition to being pyritized.

References

MRDSA015659
DEP10003127
Reference{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:: Patton, W.W., Jr., and Csejtey, Bela, Jr., 1972, Analyses of stream sediment and rock samples from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, 1966-1971: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-293, 78 p.}{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.}
ReporterTravis L. Hudson