Mine detail: American Flag Claims

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Location

Lat / long:

48.75345, -118.84587

Resource(M)

Primary:	Copper
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Lead, Gold, Zinc
Ore:	Argentite, Bornite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Fluorite
Orebody form:	SHOOTS
Discovery year:	1898

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1918
Last production ended:	1919

Geology

Host type:	Trachyte
Associated rock:	Klondike Mountain (Middle Member)
Associated type:	Trachyte
Alteration processes:	Purplish To Bluish Fluorite Occurs In Sheared And Brecciated Trachyte.

References

MRDS	M056560
DEP	10098468
Reference	{Deposit:: WASH. DMG BULL. 37, PART II, P. 135.}{Deposit:: WASH. DGER BULL. 73, P. 68-69}{Deposit:: WASH. GEOL. SUR. BULL. 23, P. 196-198}
Reporter	Unknown, Lawson, William A.