Mine detail: Unnamed (near Hill 5605 above Alsek River and within about 2 miles of the U.S.-Canada border)

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

59.48871, -138.1512

Resource(M)

Primary:

Gold, Copper

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Alteration processes:

The occurrence is a hydrothermally altered zone, of unspecified type, in an intrusion.

References

DEP	10308483
Reference	{Deposit:: MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Plafker, G., 1970, Geochemical and geophysical reconnaissance of parts of the Yakutat and Mount St. Elias quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1312-L, 12 p.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources of the Yakutat quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-408, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bering Glacier, Icy Bay, Middleton Island, and Yakutat quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-1246, 41 p.}
Reporter	C. C. Hawley