Mine detail: The Dome

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 62.80968, -144.08263

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite
Gangue: Calcite, Limonite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host type:Hornfels
Alteration processes:Quartz-sericite-pyrite alteration of the intrusive rocks is present on the northeast side of The Dome.

References

MRDSA011840
DEP10094004
Reference{Deposit:: Richter, D.H., 1964, Geology and mineral deposits of the Ahtell Creek area, Slana District, south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Geologic Report 6, 17 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:31,680.}{Deposit:: Richter, D.H., 1966, Geology of the Slana district on south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Geological Report 2l, 36b p., 3 sheets, scale 1:63,360.}{Deposit:: Richter, D.H., 1975, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Nabesna B-3 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map I-904, scale 1:63,360.}{Deposit:: Richter, D.H., Lanphere, M.A., and Matson, N. A., Jr., 1975, Granite plutonism and metamorphism, Eastern Alaska Range, Alaska: Geological Society of American Bulletin, v. 86, p. 819-820.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Gulkana quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-1247, 36 p.}{Deposit:: Beard, J.A., and Barker, Fred, 1989, Petrology and tectonic significance of gabbro, tonalites, shoshonites, and anorthosites in a late Paleozoic arc-root complex in the Wrangellia terrane, Southern Alaska: Journal of Geology, v. 97, p. 667-683.}{Deposit:: Nokleberg, W.J., and others, 1994, Metallogeny and major mineral deposits of Alaska and Metallogenic map of significant metalliferous lode deposits and placer districts of Alaska, in Plafker, G. and Berg, H.C., eds., The Geology of Alaska: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America: The Geology of North America, v. G1, p. 855-904 and v. G1, Plate 11, scale 1:2,500,000.}
ReporterC.C. Hawley, W.J. Nokleberg, W.T. Ellis