Mine detail: Ikuk

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 59.26926, -161.4927

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold, Copper
Ore: Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite
Gangue: Biotite, Chlorite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Alteration processes:Silicification, chloritization, and biotite replacement (?).

References

DEP10307463
Reference{Deposit:: Hoare, J.M., and Coonrad, W.L., 1978, Geologic map of the Goodnews and Hagemeister Island quadrangles region, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-9-B, two sheets, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Fechner, S.A., 1988, Bureau of Mines mineral investigation of the Goodnews Bay mining district, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 1-88, 230 p.}{Deposit:: Kilburn, J.E., Goldfarb, R.J., Griscom, Andrew, and Box, S E., 1993, Map showing metallic mineral resource potential in the Goodnews Bay, Hagemeister Island, and Nushagak Bay quadrangles, southwest Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2228, 4 sheets, scale 1:250,000.}
ReporterTravis L. Hudson