Mine detail: Lone Mountain

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 59.35929, -160.2327

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

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

References

MRDSDE00940
DEP10021688
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:: Hessin, T.D., Taufen, P.M., Seward, J.C., Quintana, S.J., Clark, A.L., Grybeck, Donald, Hoare, J.M., and Coonrad, W.L., 1978, Geochemical and generalized geological map showing distribution and abundance of molybdenum, tin, and tungsten in the Goodnews and Hagemeister quadrangles region, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-9-Q, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Hessin, T.D., Taufen, P.M., Seward, J.C., Quintana, S.J., Clark, A.L., Grybeck, Donald, Hoare, J.M., and Coonrad, W.L., 1978, Geochemical and generalized geological map showing distribution and abundance of copper in the Goodnews and Hagemeister quadrangles region, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-9-M, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Cieutat, B.A., Goldfarb, R.J., and Specman, W.S., 1988, Analytical results and sample locality map of stream-sediment, heavy-mineral-concentrate, and organic material samples from the Goodnews, Hagemeister Island, and Nushagak quadrangles, southwest Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-591, 187 p.}{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.}
ReporterTravis L. Hudson