Mine detail: Nation Gossan

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

65.2898, -141.05276

Resource(M)

Primary:	Lead, Zinc
Ore:	Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Alteration processes:

The Nation Gossan prospect consists of a zone of intense oxidation of pyrite along a high-angle fault zone. The center of the gossan shows pervasive silicification and chalcedonic stockwork veining (DiMarchi and others, 1993).

References

DEP	10307406
Reference	{Deposit:: DiMarchi, J.J., Weglarz, T.B., Adams, D.D., Hubert, J.A., and West, A.W., 1993, 1993 annual report reconnaissance program, Doyon option lands: ASA Inc., 120 p. (Report held by Doyon Ltd., Fairbanks, Alaska.)}{Deposit:: Schmidt, J.M., 1997, Shale-hosted Zn-Pb-Ag and barite deposits of Alaska, in Goldfarb, R.J., and Miller, L.D., eds., Mineral Deposits of Alaska, 1997: Economic Geology Monograph 9, p. 35-65.}
Reporter	C.E. Cameron