Mine detail: Ramsey-Rutherford Mine

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Location

Lat / long:

61.20016, -146.10062

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Secondary:	Silver
Tertiary:	Copper, Zinc, Lead
Ore:	Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz
Discovery year:	1911

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Past Producer
First production started:	1914
Last production ended:	1935

Geology

Host rock:	Valdez Group
Host type:	Siltstone
Structure:	Major Foliation Strikes E, Dips Moderately N, About Parallel To Bedding, Fault Cuts Off Vein At 50 Ft Level; Fault Strikes S 80 E, Dips 80 N; Vein Shattered By Post-Mineralization Movement
Tectonic:	Chugach Terrane

References

MRDS	A011477
DEP	10100961
Reference	{Deposit:: USGS BULL 622, P. 45, 153, 159-161}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 783, P. 8}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 880-A, P. 22, 24}{Deposit:: USGS BULL 1246, P. 72}{Deposit:: USGS MF-438, LOC. 36}{Deposit:: PICKTHORN, WILLIAM, 1982, STABLE ISOTOPE AND FLUID INCLUSION STUDY OF THE PORT VALDEZ GOLD DISTRICT, S. AK: LOS ANGELES, CA, UCLA MASTE * THESIS, 59 P.}{Deposit:: USGS OFR 80-892B, LOC. 28}{Other Database:: BAG-OFR-80-892B-28}
Reporter	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.), Mosier, Dan, Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan)