Mine detail: Cape Nome Mine

Previously called 'BullionMoose'

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Location

Lat / long:

46.78933, -113.654

Resource(B)

Primary:	Copper, Silver
Secondary:	Gold, Lead
Tertiary:	Barium-Barite, Antimony, Arsenic
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Enargite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Barite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Orebody form:	SHOOTS OR LENSES
Discovery year:	1897

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host rock:	Pilcher Quartzite;Garnet Range Formation
Host type:	Diorite,Schist
Associated rock:	Clinton Stock
Associated type:	Diorite
Structure:	Bearmouth Overthrust, Series Of North-Striking Faults, Clinton Stockclinton Stock
Tectonic:	Cordilleran Miogeosyncline
Alteration processes:	Oxidation To Deepths Of 100-300 Ft

References

MRDS	W014729
DEP	10071384
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULL 660, P. 227-8.}{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 30, P. 32.}{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 8, P. 9, 12, 35, PL. 6.}{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 82,}{Deposit:: MBMG BULL 40,}{Production:: SAHINEN, 1957, M.B.M.G. BULL. 8.}
Reporter	Mlynarczyk, Meg S., Wise, Kristine K. (Elliott, James E.)