Mine detail: Lost River Mine

Previously called 'Orebodies: Cassiterite Dike, Ida Bell DikeClaims: Bald Eagle, Carry Gow, Collier, Engineer, Green, Jenny Lynn,Jupiter, Klondike, Lincoln, Mars, Rob Roy, Shon Rue, Surveryor,Three Prospectors, Triangle.'

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Location

Lat / long:

65.47483, -167.1584

Resource(B)

Primary:	Tin
Secondary:	Tungsten
Tertiary:	Fluorine-Fluorite, Beryllium, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Antimony, Bismuth, Molybdenum
Ore:	Bertrandite, Beryl, Bismuthinite, Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Euclase, Galena, Molybdenite, Phenacite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Stannite, Stibnite, Wolframite
Gangue:	Diaspore, Epidote, Garnet, Hematite, Idocrase, Ilmenite, Kaolinite, Magnetite, Plagioclase, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Rutile, Sericite, Topaz, Tourmaline
Orebody form:	CONICAL
Other material:	Fluorite
Discovery year:	1903

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Production size:	Small
Development status:	Producer
First production started:	1913
Last production ended:	1955

Geology

Host rock:	Port Clarence Limestone;Port Clarence Limestone;;;
Host type:	Limestone
Structure:	S-Dipping Thrusts Cut By Major Normal Faults; Pre-Intrusive, 3 N-S Vertical Faults, 2 E-W Faults From Small Graben Over Granite Cupola
Tectonic:	Pluton Emplaced At Depth Of 2-5 Km In Stable Cratonic Setting
Alteration processes:	Hydrous And Chlorite-Carb. Retrograde Alt. Of Limestone; Greisenization, Sericitization And Kaolinization Of Igneous Rx.

References

MRDS	A016009
DEP	10106585
Reference	{Deposit:: ECON. GEOL., V. 77, NO. 4, P. 1033-1052.}{Deposit:: GSA BULLETIN, V. 94, NO. 6, P. 769-770, 778.}{Deposit:: USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 6, LOC. 37.}{Deposit:: USGS BULLETIN 1287, P. 45, 62-63, 74-75, 81-84, 93.}{Deposit:: USBM OFR 2-65.}{Deposit:: USBM OFR 1-65}{Deposit:: USGS BULLETIN 1129}{Deposit:: USBM IC-7871.}{Deposit:: USBM RI 3902.}{Deposit:: USGS BULLETIN 733, P. 51-74.}{Other Database:: BAG-MF-426-08}{Production:: USGS BULLETIN 1287, P. 62.}{Reserve-Resource:: USGS OFR 78-1-C, P. 13-14}
Reporter	Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.), Mosier, Dan