Mine detail: Shotgun (Mose)

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

60.40935, -158.12276

Resource(M)

Primary:	Gold
Ore:	Arsenopyrite, Tetradymite, Bismuth, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Copper, Covellite, Gold, Marcasite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite, Sphalerite, Lollingite
Gangue:	Albite, Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Alteration processes:

Silicification and albite-sericite-quartz +/- carbonate replacement of host intrusive rocks.

References

DEP	10308357
Reference	{Deposit:: NovaGold Resources Inc., 2000, Shotgun Project: http://www.nrigold.com/shotgun.htp}{Deposit:: Rombach, C.S., 2000, Genesis and mineralization of the Shotgun deposit, southwestern Alaska, in The Tintina gold belt: Concepts, exploration, and discoveries: British Columbia and Yukon Chamber of Mines, Special Volume 2, p. 181-196.}
Reporter	Travis L. Hudson