Mine detail: Nunatak (south of Snowcap Mountain)

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Location

Lat / long: 61.40626, -153.62524

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold, Copper
Ore: Alloclasite, Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Erythrite, Galena, Glaucodot, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Amphibole, Apatite, Chlorite, Epidote, Plagioclase, Quartz, Clinopyroxene

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Alteration processes:The sulfide-bearing veins may be variably altered and replaced mafic dikes.

References

DEP10307759
ReferenceGamble, B.M., Bailey, E. A., and Reed, B. L., 1989, Gold occurrences near Snowcap Mountain, Lime Hills B-2 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-0646, 8 p.
ReporterTravis L. Hudson, Madelyn A. Millholland