Mine detail: Beltz

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 65.5594, -161.11333

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Malachite
Gangue: Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Alteration processes:Local iron- and copper-staining.

References

DEP10307307
Reference{Deposit:: Cathcart, S.H., 1922, Metalliferous lodes in southern Seward Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 722, p. 163-261.}{Deposit:: Anderson, Eskil, 1947, Mineral occurrences other than gold deposits in northwestern Alaska: Alaska Territorial Division of Mines Pamphlet 5-R, 48 p.}{Deposit:: Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources of the Candle Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-389, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Candle, Holy Cross, Norton Bay, Nulato, and Unalakleet quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-866, 102 p.}
ReporterAnita Williams