Mine detail: Ward

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Location: Teller County, Alaska, United States, North America
Lat / long: 65.74632, -165.22942
dep_id: 10308741
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper
Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Past Producer
ore: Azurite, Bornite, Malachite, Chalcopyrite
gangue: Quartz
model: 119: Placer Au-PGE
alteration: The development of silica-rich rocks at the base of marble overlying metapelitic rocks, by whatever process, characterizes the deposit.
Reporter: Travis L. Hudson
References:
  • Deposit:: Sainsbury, C.L., Kachadoorian, Reuban, Hudson, Travis, Smith, T.E., Richards, T.R., and Todd, W.E., 1969, Reconnaissance geologic maps and sample data, Teller A-1, A-2, A-3, B-1, B-2, B-3, C-1, and Bendeleben A-6, B-6, C-6, D-5, and D-6 quadrangles. Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 377, 49 p., 12 sheets, scale 1:63,360.
  • 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:: Sainsbury, C.L., 1975, Geology, ore deposits, and mineral potential of the Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 73-75, 108 p., 3 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
  • Deposit:: Puchner, C.C., 1986, Geology, alteration, and mineralization of the Kougarok Sn deposit, Seward Peninsula, Alaska; Discussion reply: Economic Geology, v. 82, p. 2201-2204.
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