Mine detail: Wheeler Prospect

Previously called 'Sherette Cr.'

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Location

Lat / long:

64.92431, -164.65053

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Gold, Silver
Ore:	Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Malachite
Gangue:	Calcite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer

Geology

Host type:	Limestone
Associated type:	Schist
Structure:	Drag Folds Indicate E Transport Of Upper Thrust Plate

References

MRDS	A012668
DEP	10097518
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULLETIN 345, P. 242-243.}{Deposit:: USGS BULLETIN 722, P. 212, 214-215.}{Deposit:: USGS BULLETIN 1246, P. 118.}{Deposit:: ADGGS GC 18, P. 6-7, FIG. 2, NO. 1.}{Deposit:: USGS OFR 1678, P. 1, 9.}{Deposit:: UFGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 24, LOC. 305.}{Deposit:: USGS OFR 78-1-C, P. 42.}{Deposit:: BRISKEY, J.A., 1983, PRELIMINARY SUMMARY OF THE GEOLOGY, CLASSIFICATION, AND MINERAL RESOURCE POTENTIAL OF SOME BASE- AND PRECIOUS-METAL DEPOSITS IN THE BENDELEBEN AND SOLOMON AMRAP QUADRANGLES, SEWARD PENINSULA, ALASKA: UNPUB. USGS ADMIN. REPORT, P. 20-21, P. 44, FIG. 10, NO. SPB-2-82.}{Other Database:: BAG-MF-445-06}
Reporter	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.), Mosier, Dan