Mine detail: Willow Branch of Tozer Creek

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

65.50628, -166.7454

Resource(M)

Primary:	Zinc
Ore:	Cassiterite, Sphalerite
Gangue:	Arsenopyrite, Fluorite, Garnet, Pyrite, Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Development status:	Prospect

Geology

Alteration processes:

Garnet and sulfide-rich tactite replaces calc-silicate rock (hornfels); possibly some later quartz-fluorite veining.

References

DEP	10308439
Reference	{Deposit:: Sainsbury, C.L., and Hamilton, J. C., 1967, Mineralized veins at Black Mountain, western Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 575-B, p. B21-B25.}{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:: McDermott, M.M., 1983, Seward Peninsula reconnaissance 1982 geophysical report: Anchorage, Anaconda Minerals Company internal report. 29 p. (Report held by Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska.)}
Reporter	Travis L. Hudson