Mine detail: Win

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Location

Lat / long: 63.20046, -155.88397

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Niobium (Columbium), Tin
Ore: Arsenopyrite, Bismuthinite, Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Anatase, Quartz, Tourmaline

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Alteration processes:Tourmaline-quartz-sericite in felsic intrusive rocks; quartz-tourmaline-sphene in hornfels.

References

DEP10307803
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:: Moll, E.J., Silberman, M.L., and Patton, W.W. Jr., 1981, Chemistry, mineralogy, and K-Ar ages of igneous and metamorphic rocks of the Medfra quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-811C, 15 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Burleigh, R.E., 1992, Examination of the Win tin prospect, west-central Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 92-92, 23 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.