Mine detail: Breccia (south of Snowcap Mountain)

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

61.41976, -153.58195

Resource(M)

Primary:	Silver, Gold, Copper
Ore:	Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Calcite, Chlorite, Epidote, Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Alteration processes:

Tourmaline replacement and veining.

References

DEP	10307760
Reference	Gamble, 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.
Reporter	Travis L. Hudson, Madelyn A. Millholland