Mine detail: Potato Mountain

Previously called 'Quartz Porphry dikeRed FoxEurekaDaisyIron Creek valleyBig and Little Potato Mountain divideIron Creek-Oakland Creek divide'

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Location

Lat / long: 65.66326, -167.55743

Resource(M)

Primary: Tin
Ore: Cassiterite
Gangue: Quartz, Tourmaline

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Alteration processes:Local argillic alteration and probably local weak to moderate tourmaline replacement.

References

DEP10308729
Reference{Deposit:: Mulligan, J.J., 1965, Tin-lode investigations. Potato Mountain area, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 6587, 85 p.}{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:: McDermott, M.M., 1982, Gravity profiles of Black Mountain and Potato Mountain, Seward Peninsula: 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.}{Deposit:: Meyers, W.C., 1990, Report on 1990 exploration activities at the Potato Mountain tin prospect, Teller AMS sheet, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: Anchorage, Alaska, Kennecott Exploration Inc. internal report.}
ReporterTravis L. Hudson