Mine detail: Glacier Fork

Previously called 'Knik River - Glacier Fork'

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Location

Lat / long: 61.58957, -148.20264

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold, Copper, Tungsten
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Alteration processes:Metasedimentary rocks are iron-stained (Richter, 1967).

References

MRDSD002741
DEP10308770
Reference{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Anchorage Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-409, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1973, Placer deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1374, 213 p.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1975, Tungsten occurrences in Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Resource Map MR-66, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous mineral deposits in the eastern part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-A, 99 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials in Anchorage quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-1095, 184 p.}
ReporterD.P. Bickerstaff; S.W. Huss