Mine detail: Spirit Mountain

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

61.33297, -144.26918

Resource(M)

Primary:	Nickel, Copper, Cobalt
Ore:	Bravoite, Chalcopyrite, Pentlandite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Orebody form:	POD/LENS
Discovery year:	1907

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:	Schist, Greenstone, Gneiss, Recrystallized Limestone;Tuffaceous Slate & Conglomerate;Valdez Formation Slate & Graywacke;Unconsolidated Glacial, Fluvial & Residual Materia
Host type:	Greenstone,Schist,Gneiss,Limestone
Associated rock:	Diorite, Diabase, Peridotite, Pyroxenite
Associated type:	Diorite,Diabase,Peridotite,Pyroxenite
Structure:	Reg.Trends: Slightly North Of West With Local Variations Up To 40 Deg., Several Eastward Trending Sill-Like Bodies Intrude Carboniferous Limestones.
Tectonic:	Eugeosynclinal Deposits Of Later Mesozoic Age.
Alteration processes:	Nickel-Bearing Sulphides Occur In Highly Altered Coarse-Grained Peridotite

References

MRDS	W000322
DEP	10067539
Reference	{Deposit:: CORNWALL, H. R., U.S.G.S. BULL. 1223, P. 39}{Deposit:: KINGSTON, J. AND MILLER, D. J., U.S.G.S. BULL. 943-C., P. 49}{Deposit:: OVERBECK, R. M., U.S.G.S. BULL. 712, P. 91}{Deposit:: BUDDINGTON, A.F., 1924, ALASKAN NICKEL MINERALS: ECONOMIC GEOLOGY, V.19, NO.6, P.521-541}{Deposit:: 1907 DIREXPL SEVERAL TEST PITS, TWO TUNNELS DUG.}{Deposit:: 1907 GEOCHEM SAMPLE ANALYSIS DISCLOSED PRESENCE OF NI}{Deposit:: 1911 RECON U.S.G.S., MOFFITT DESCRIBED DEPOSIT.}{Deposit:: 1917 RECON U.S.G.S., OVERBECK EXAMINED DEPOSIT.}{Deposit:: 1942 RECON U.S.G.S., KINGSTON AND MILLER SPENT 5 WEEKS.}{Reserve-Resource:: CORNWALL, H.R., 1966, U.S.G.S. BULL. 1223, P.39, MAP P.10-11}
Reporter	Coury, Anny B., Shaffer, Glenn L.