Mine detail: Hidden Dike

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 65.48927, -167.17542

Resource(M)

Primary: Tin
Ore: Cassiterite, Galena
Gangue: Pyrrhotite, Quartz, Tourmaline

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Alteration processes:Calc-silicate tactite is well developed in carbonate rocks bordering the Hidden dike. The dike itself is variably replaced by tourmaline but large parts are unaltered. The border of the dike appears to have localized irregular solution breccias.

References

DEP10308417
Reference{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., and Sainsbury, C.L., 1972, Metallic mineral resource map of the Teller quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-426, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Sainsbury, C.L., 1972, Geologic map of the Teller quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Map I-685, 4 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: McDermott, M.M., 1983, Investigation of the magnetic contact aureoles of the Khotol and Black Mountain granites, Alaska: Anchorage, Alaska, Anaconda Minerals Company internal report (Report held by Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska).}{Deposit:: Hudson, T.L., and Arth, J. G., 1983, Tin-granites of Seward Peninsula, Alaska: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 94, p. 768-790.}
ReporterTravis L. Hudson