Mine detail: Unnamed (on Davidof and Lopy Islands)

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Location

Lat / long:

51.96687, -178.37033

Resource(M)

Primary:

Iron

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Alteration processes:

The original flow rocks have been intensely altered to iron oxides, chlorite, magnetite, and quartz. The iron oxides may have resulted from the weathering of pyrite.

References

DEP	10308194
Reference	Nelson, S.W., Nokleberg, W.J., Miller-Hoare, M., and Mullen M.W., 1979, Siniktanneyak Mountain ophiolite, in Johnson, K.M. and Williams, J.R., The United States Geological Survey in Alaska, Accomplishments during 1978: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 804-B, p. B14-B16
Reporter	S.H. Pilcher