Mine detail: Alaska Chief

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 65.43315, -167.22147

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead
Ore: Galena

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host rock:Port Clarence Limestone
Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Mafic Intrusive Rock
Alteration processes:Oxdized; iron oxides/hydroxides present.

References

MRDSA016005
DEP10003199
Reference{Deposit:: Knopf, Adolph, 1908, Geology of the Seward Peninsula tin deposits, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 358, 71 p.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., and Sainsbury, C.L., 1972, Metallic mineral resource map of the Teller quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-426, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Hudson, T.L., and Arth, J. G., 1983, Tin-granites of Seward Peninsula, Alaska: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 94, p. 768-790.}
ReporterTravis L. Hudson