Mine detail: Cassiterite Creek Placer

Previously called 'Greenstone Lode'

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Location

Lat / long: 65.47177, -167.16368

Resource(M)

Primary: Tin
Tertiary: Tungsten
Ore: Cassiterite, Wolframite
Discovery year: 1903

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Production size: Small
Development status: Past Producer
First production started: 1909
Last production ended: 1951

Geology

Host type:Limestone

References

MRDSA016051
DEP10003234
Reference{Deposit:: USGS BULLETIN 442, P. 39.}{Deposit:: USGS BULLETIN 622, P. 89.}{Deposit:: USGS BULLETIN 692, P. 359.}{Deposit:: USGS BULLETIN 712, P. 194.}{Deposit:: USGS BULLETIN 733, P. 74}{Deposit:: USBM IC 7871, P. 7.}{Deposit:: USBM RI 5520, P. 5, 7, 13.}{Deposit:: USGS BULLETIN 1129, P. 3-4.}{Deposit:: USGS BULLETIN 1374, P. 95.}{Deposit:: USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 6, LOC. 38.}{Other Database:: BAG-MF-426-46}{Production:: USBM RI 5520, P. 7.}
ReporterLeonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.)