Mine detail: Won - South

Previously called 'Prospect PitDog DayGashTin Ridge'

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Location

Lat / long: 63.48147, -155.71999

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Tin
Ore: Arsenopyrite, Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Axinite, Quartz, Tourmaline

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Alteration processes:Sericite-quartz in intermediate dikes.

References

DEP10307775
Reference{Deposit:: Patton, W.W., Jr., Moll, E.J., Dutro, J.T., Jr., Silberman, M.L., and Chapman, R.M., 1980, Preliminary geologic map of Medfra quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-811-A, 1 sheet, scale l:250,000.}{Deposit:: King, H.D., Tripp, R.B., *eary, R.M., and Cooley, E.F., 1983, Distribution and abundance of copper, lead, and zinc in nonmagnetic and moderately magnetic heavy-mineral- concentrate, minus-80-mesh stream-sediment, and ash of aquatic-bryophyte samples, Medfra quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-811-I, 6 sheets, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Burleigh, R.E., 1992, Tin mineralization at the Won prospect, west-central Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 85-92, 19 pages.}{Deposit:: Bundtzen, T.K., and Miller, M.L., 1997, Precious metals associated with Late Cretaceous-early Tertiary igneous rocks of southwestern Alaska, in Goldfarb, R.J., and Miller, L.D., eds., Economic Geology Monograph #9, Mineral Deposits of Alaska, p. 242-286.}
ReporterBundtzen, T.K.