Mine detail: Golden Zone Mine

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

63.21319, -149.65172

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold, Silver, Copper
Secondary:	Lead
Tertiary:	Zinc, Antimony, Tin
Ore:	Arsenopyrite, Cassiterite, Galena, Malachite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite
Gangue:	Epidote, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	PIPE
Discovery year:	1909

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1941
Last production ended:	1942

Geology

Host rock:	Golden Zone Stock
Host type:	Diorite
Associated type:	Siltstone
Structure:	Bryn Mawr Fault Bounds The Eastern Extent Of Golden Zone Mineralization
Alteration processes:	Pervasive Sericitization, Quartz Flooding And Formation Of Fe Bearing Carbonate In Breccia Pipe

References

MRDS	A011313
DEP	10100957
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULL 692, P.221, 226-227, 230}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 849-E, P. 309-310, 321-326}{Deposit:: USBM RI 5245, P. 1, 6-8}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 1246, P. 26}{Deposit:: USBM OFR 9-67, P. 6-25}{Deposit:: USGS CIRC 564, P. 1, 4-9}{Deposit:: USGS OFR 305, P. 1-16}{Deposit:: USGS PP 758-B, P. B12-B16, B20-B21, B23, B31-B35, B40}{Deposit:: ADGGS GR 55, P. 27}{Deposit:: USBM OFR 24-78, P. 4-76 TO 4-76 TO 4-86 AND FIG 4.2-A(1)}{Production:: USGS OFR 9-67, P. 13}
Reporter	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.), Mosier, Dan