Mine detail: Unnamed (tributary to Trail Creek)

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 59.93931, -159.89275

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Arsenopyrite, Pyrite
Gangue: Clay, Quartz, Tourmaline

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Togiak Terrane
Host type:Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Alteration processes:Silicification, clay alteration, and oxidation.

References

MRDSDE00938
DEP10021686
Reference{Deposit:: Hoare, J.M., and Coonrad, W.L., 1978, Geologic map of the Goodnews and Hagemeister Island quadrangles region, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-9-B, two sheets, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Kilburn, J.E., and Jones, J.L., 1992, Geochemical map showing the distribution of selected elements determined in stream-sediment samples from the Goodnews Bay, Hagemeister Island, and Nushagak Bay quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2355, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Jones, J.L., and Kilburn, J.E., 1992, Geochemical map showing the distribution of selected elements determined in heavy-mineral-concentrate samples from the Goodnews Bay, Hagemeister Island, and Nushagak Bay quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2186, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Kilburn, J., Box, S.E., Goldfarb, R.J., and Gray, J.E., 1992, Geochemically anomalous areas in the eastern Goodnews Bay quadrangle, southwest Alaska, in Bradley, D. C., and Ford, A. B., eds., The U.S. Geological Survey in Alaska, Accomplishments in 1990: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1999, p. 156-162.}
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