Mine detail: Mount Coxcomb

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

53.88383, -166.4785

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Pyrite
Gangue:	Chlorite, Quartz, Sericite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Alteration processes:

Regional propylitic alteration overprinted by silicic and sericitic alteration is common, as is the introduction of pyrite throughout the altered volcanic breccia. Area is highly iron-stained, apparently derived from weathering of pyrite.

References

MRDS	A106000
DEP	10003260
Reference	{Deposit:: Drewes, Harold, Fraser, G.D., Snyder, G.L., and Barnett, H.F., Jr., 1961, Geology of Unalaska Island and adjacent insular shelf, Aleutian Islands, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1028-S, p. 583-676.}{Deposit:: Christie, J.S., 1974, Aleut-Quintana-Duval 1974 joint venture, final report: Unpublished Quintana Minerals Corporation report, 24 p., 3 appendices, 2 maps. (Report held by the Aleut Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska.)}{Deposit:: Randolph, D.B., 1991, Unalaska project, 1990 final report: Battle Mountain Exploration Company, Alaska District, 62 p., 5 appendices, 15 plates, various scales. (Report held by the Aleut Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska.)}
Reporter	F.H. Wilson