Mine detail: Tin-Midway

Previously called 'Tin Creek #1'

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Location

Lat / long: 62.41948, -153.65285

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc
Ore: Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Marmatite
Gangue: Amphibole, Calcite, Epidote, Garnet, Quartz, Pyroxene, Johannsenite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Alteration processes:Late epidotization of prograde skarns.

References

DEP10307853
Reference{Deposit:: Bundtzen, T.K., Kline, J.T., and Clough, J.G., 1982, Preliminary geologic map of the McGrath B-2 quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Open-File report 149, 22 pages, one sheet, scale 1:63,360.}{Deposit:: Reed, Mark, 1982, The Tin Creek sector of the Farewell District, Alaska: Anaconda Minerals Company internal report, 44 pages.}{Deposit:: Szumigala, D.J., 1986, Geology and geochemistry of the Tin Creek skarn deposits, Farewell Mining District, southwest Alaska: University of Alaska, Fairbanks, M.Sc. thesis, 144 pages.}{Deposit:: Szumigala, D.J., 1987, Geology of the lead-zinc skarn deposits at Tin Creek area, McGrath B-2 quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigations 87-5, 21 pages, one sheet, 1:10,000 scale.}{Deposit:: Lu, Chansheng, 1988, Skarn formation at Tin Creek, Alaska: University of Oregon, M.Sc. thesis, 119 p.}{Deposit:: Lu, Changsheng, 1989, Mineralogy and geochemistry of skarn formation at Tin Creek, Alaska [abs.]: 28th International Geological Congress, Washington D.C., p. 2-33.}{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:: Lu, Changsheng, Reed, Mark, and Misra, K.C., 1992, Zinc-lead skarn mineralization at Tin Creek, Alaska: fluid inclusions and skarn-forming reactions: Geochimica et Cosmochimica, v. 56, p. 109-119.}{Deposit:: Brewer, N.H., Puchner, C.C., and Gemuts, I., 1992, Farewell district, southwest Alaska Range: North Pacific Mining Company prospectus report, 21 pages}{Deposit:: Bundtzen, T.K., Harris, E.E., and Gilbert, W.G., 1997, Geologic Map of the eastern McGrath quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigations 97-14, 34 pages, one sheet, scale 1:125,000.}
ReporterT.K. Bundtzen