Mine detail: Unnamed (near Mt. Kachauik)

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 64.82434, -162.90727

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Gangue: Fluorite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Alteration processes:Calc-silicate minerals are developed in the impure marble country rocks adjacent to the Kachauik pluton. Oxidation of iron-bearing minerals in the intrusive rocks is indicated by iron-oxide staining.

References

DEP10308295
Reference{Deposit:: Miller, T.P., Grybeck, D.J., Elliott, R.L., and Hudson, T.L., 1972, Preliminary geologic map of the eastern Solomon and southeastern Bendeleben quadrangles, eastern Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-256, 11 p.}{Deposit:: Till, A.B., Dumoulin, J.A., Gamble, B. ., Kaufman, D.S., and Carroll, P.I., 1986, Preliminary geologic map and fossil data, Soloman, Bendeleben, and southern Kotzebue quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-276, 10 p., 3 plates, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Gamble, B.M., 1988, Non-placer mineral occurrences in the Solomon, Bendeleben, and southern part of the Kotzebue quadrangles, western Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Map MF-1838-B, 13 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}
ReporterTravis L. Hudson