Mine detail: Third of July

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Location

Lat / long:

65.51227, -167.04642

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tin
Ore:	Cassiterite
Gangue:	Mica, Quartz, Topaz, Tourmaline

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Alteration processes:

Thermal recrystallization of limestone, minor skarn in limestone, minor endoskarn in granite, fluorite-bearing veins and veinlets in both limestone and granite, and local greisenization of granite are all present in the prospect area.

References

DEP	10308418
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:: Hudson, T.L., and Wyman, W. F., 1983, Interim report on areas of Seward Peninsula warranting further prospecting and evaluation: Anchorage, Anaconda Minerals Company internal report, 84 p., 7 plates. (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.}{Deposit:: Hudson, T.L., and Reed, B.L., 1997, Tin deposits of Alaska, in Goldfarb, R.J., and Miller, L.D., eds., Mineral Deposits of Alaska: Economic Geology Monograph 9, p. 450-465.}
Reporter	Travis L. Hudson