Mine detail: Powooiliak Point

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 63.36412, -171.29929

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host type:Limestone
Alteration processes:The lithic tuff is kaolinized and cut by sulfide-bearing quartz veins.

References

MRDSA015662
DEP10003130
Reference{Deposit:: Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 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:: 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