Mine detail: Unnamed (near upper Niukluk River)

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 65.19833, -163.86932

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Ore: Azurite, Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Malachite
Gangue: Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Alteration processes:Abundant secondary minerals are developed from the oxidation of sulfides.

References

DEP10307295
Reference{Deposit:: Sainsbury, C.L., Hudson, T.L., Ewing, R., and Marsh, W.R., 1972, Reconnaissance geologic maps of the Solomon D-5 and C-5 quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 511, 12 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360.}{Deposit:: Till, A.B., Dumoulin, J.A., Gamble, B. ., Kaufman, D.S., and Carroll, P.I., 1986, Preliminary geologic map and fossil data, Soloman, Bendeleben, and southern Kotzebue quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-276, 10 p., 3 plates, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Gamble, B.M., 1988, Non-placer mineral occurrences in the Solomon, Bendeleben, and southern part of the Kotzebue quadrangles, western Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Map MF-1838-B, 13 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}
ReporterTravis L. Hudson