Mine detail: The Nunatak Molybdenum Prospect

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Location

Lat / long:

58.98529, -136.10432

Resource(M)

Primary:	Molybdenum
Secondary:	Copper
Tertiary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Malachite, Molybdenite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue:	Albite, Alunite, Chlorite, Enargite, Epidote, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Discovery year:	1941

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	None
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Quartz Monzonite
Alteration processes:	Outward From Quartz Monzonite, Limestone And Argellites Undergo Silicified, Skarn, And Cherty Haloes

References

MRDS	A013175
DEP	10096789
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS OF 78-494, PLATE IV, P. C-274-295 (1978)}{Deposit:: USGS P 632, PLATE 1, 11, 12, P. 74-78 (1971)}{Deposit:: USGS MF-436, LOC. 43 (1972)}{Deposit:: USGS B 1121-K, P. K 49 (1963)}{Other Database:: BAG-P-632-21}
Reporter	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.), Mosier, Dan