Mine detail: Owhat (Cobalt Creek)

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 61.66241, -159.11095

Resource(M)

Primary: Tin, Antimony, Copper, Gold
Ore: Arsenopyrite, Bismuth, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Marcasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stephanite, Stetefeldite, Tetrahedrite, Aramayoite, Bismutite, Gladite, Pekoite
Gangue: Axinite, Quartz, Tourmaline

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host type:Quartz Monzonite
Associated type:Quartz Monzonite
Alteration processes:Silicification and tourmalinization.

References

MRDSA013415
DEP10094086
Reference{Deposit:: Maddren, A.G., 1915, Gold placers of the lower Kuskokwim with a note on copper in the Russian Mountains: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 622-H, p. 292-360.}{Deposit:: Hoare, J M., and Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Russian Mission quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-444, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Hoare, J.M., and Cobb, E.H., 1977, Mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bethel, Goodnews, and Russian Mission quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-156, 98 p.}{Deposit:: Bundzten, T.K., and Laird, G.M., 1991, Geology and mineral resources of the Russian Mission C-1 Quadrangle, southwest Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Professional Report 109, 24 p.}
ReporterTravis L. Hudson