Mine detail: Unnamed (in the headwaters of an east fork of Ahtell Creek)

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 62.87268, -144.01463

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Gold, Magnetite, Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Alteration processes:Extensive silica-carbonate alteration of dioritic rocks.

References

DEP10307496
Reference{Deposit:: Richter, D.H., 1966, Geology of the Slana district on south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Geological Report 2l, 36b p., 3 sheets, scale 1:63,360.}{Deposit:: Richter, D.H., and Matson, N.A., 1968, Distribution of gold and some base metals in the Slana area, eastern Alaska Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 593, 20 p.}{Deposit:: Richter, D.H., Lanphere, M.A., and Matson, N. A., Jr., 1975, Granite plutonism and metamorphism, Eastern Alaska Range, Alaska: Geological Society of American Bulletin, v. 86, p. 819-820.}{Deposit:: WGM Inc., 1979, 1978 Annual Progress Report, Uranium Exploration, Ahtell Creek Area, Volume I: WGM Inc., 39 p., appendices and 4 maps. (Report available, Ahtna Mineral Co., Anchorage, Alaska).}{Deposit:: WGM Inc., 1980, 1979 Summary report of gold potential, Slana District, Ahtna project: WGM Inc., 10 p., 1:63,360-scale map. (Report held by Ahtna Mineral Co., Anchorage, Alaska).}
ReporterW.T. Ellis, C.C. Hawley, W.J. Nokleberg