Mine detail: Trachsel

Previously called 'Snug Harbor'

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Location

Lat / long: 60.24556, -152.85374

Resource(M)

Primary: Iron
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Garnet, Pyroxene

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Talkeetna Formation;
Host type:Marble
Associated rock:Aleution Range Batholith
Associated type:Granite
Alteration processes:Hornfels and metasomatic alteration are present in this occurrence.

References

MRDSA010644
DEP10093964
Reference{Deposit:: Martin, G.C., 1920, The Alaska mining industry in 1918: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 712-A, p. 1-52.}{Deposit:: Brooks, A.H., 1921, The future of Alaska mining, in Martin G.C. and others, Mineral resources of Alaska, 1917: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 714, p. 5-57.}{Deposit:: Grantz, Arthur, 1956, Magnetite deposits at Tuxedni Bay, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1024-D, p. 95-106.}{Deposit:: Detterman, R.L., and Hartsock, J.L., 1966, Geology of the Iniskin-Tuxedni region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 512, 78 p.}{Deposit:: Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Kenai quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-377, 1 sheet, scale 1:150,000.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than minerals fuels and construction materials) in the Kenai and Tyonek Quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-86, 36 p.}
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