Mine detail: Ready Cash

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 63.14958, -149.86282

Resource(M)

Primary: Tin, Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc
Ore: Argentite, Arsenopyrite, Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host type:Limestone
Associated type:Aplite
Alteration processes:There probably have been multiple alteration events; including skarn formation and silicification.

References

MRDSA011331
DEP10093981
Reference{Deposit:: Thurmond, F.L., 1918, Report on Ready Cash Group, Ohio River, Broad Pass region: Alaska Territorial Dept. of Mines Miscellaneous Report 67-1, 8 p.}{Deposit:: Ross, C.P., 1933, The Valdez Creek mining district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 849, p. 289-467.}{Deposit:: Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.}{Deposit:: Hawley, C.C., and Clark, A.L., 1973, Geology and mineral deposits of the upper Chulitna district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 758-A, p. 1-10, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000 and 1:500,000.}{Deposit:: Hawley, C.C., and Clark, A.L., 1974, Geology and mineral deposits of the upper Chulitna district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 758-B, p. 1-47, 2 sheets, scale 1:12,000 and 1:48,000.}{Deposit:: Hawley, C.C., and others, 1978, Mineral appraisal of lands adjacent to Mt. McKinley National Park, Alaska. Contract No. JO166107: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 24-78, 274 p., 12 sheets.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Healy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-1062, 113 p.}{Deposit:: Kurtak, J.M., Balen, M.D., and Fechner, S.A., 1988, Results of 1987 Bureau of Mines investigations in the Valdez Creek mining district, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 43-88, 132 p., 2 sheets.}{Deposit:: Balen, M.D., 1989, Results of 1988 Bureau of Mines investigations in the Valdez Creek mining district, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 31-89, 136 p.}{Deposit:: Balen, M.D., 1990, Geochemical sampling results from the Bureau of Mines Investigations in the Valdez Creek mining district, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 34-90, 218 p., 2 plates, scale 1:250,000.}
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