Mine detail: Casey Glacier Sphalerite

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 56.05177, -130.20476

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Zinc
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Alteration processes:Intense silica and carbonate alteration of brecciated andesite hostrock.

References

DEP10308519
Reference{Deposit:: Smith, J.G., 1977, Geology of the Ketchikan D-1 and Bradfield Canal A-1 quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1425, 49 p.}{Deposit:: Alldrick, D.J., 1993, Geology and metallogeny of the Stewart mining camp, northwestern British Columbia: British Columbia Department of Mines and Petroleum Resources Bulletin 85, 105 p., 2 plates.}{Deposit:: Maas, K.M., Bittenbender, P E., and Still, J.C., 1995, Mineral investigations in the Ketchikan mining district, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 11-95, 606 p.}{Deposit:: Koch, R.D., 1996, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728-A, 35 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}
ReporterH. C. Berg