Mine detail: Vinasale

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Location

Lat / long: 62.70945, -155.69292

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold
Ore: Arsenopyrite, Galena, Jamesonite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Silver
Gangue: Dolomite, Epidote, Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Alteration processes:Silicification and dolomitic, sericitic, and propylitic.

References

DEP10307827
Reference{Deposit:: Solie, D.N., Bundtzen, T.K., and Gilbert, W.G., 1991, K-Ar ages of igneous rocks in the McGrath quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Public Data File Report 160, 17 pages, one sheet, 1:250,000 scale.}{Deposit:: DiMarchi, J.J., 1993, Geology, alteration, and mineralization of the Vinasale Mountain gold deposit, west-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Professional Report 113, p. 17-29.}{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.}{Deposit:: McCoy, Dan, Newberry, R.J., Layer, Paul, DiMarchi, J.J., Bakke, Arne, Masterman, J.S., and Minehane, D.L., 1997, Plutonic-related gold deposits of interior Alaska, in R.J. Goldfarb, and L.D. Miller, eds., Mineral Deposits of Alaska: Economic Geology Monograph 9, p. 191-241.}
ReporterT.K. Bundtzen