Mine detail: J.D. Lyons

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 62.78079, -144.04958

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Malachite, Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host type:Hornblendite
Alteration processes:Chlorite-hornblende hornfels in altered border phases of the Pennsylvanian to Permian, Ahtell pluton.

References

MRDSA011846
DEP10094006
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., and Matson, N.A., 1968, Distribution of gold and some base metals in the Slana area, eastern Alaska Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 593, 20 p.}{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.}
ReporterW.T. Ellis, C.C. Hawley, W.J. Nokleberg