Mine detail: Unnamed (upper Niukluk River)

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 65.19933, -163.87833

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Lead
Ore: Azurite, Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Duftite
Gangue: Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Alteration processes:Silicification; extensive oxidation and secondary mineral development; faulting and gouge development.

References

MRDSA012767
DEP10308792
Reference{Deposit:: Briskey, J.A., 1983, Summary of field observations on Seward Peninsula mineral deposits: U.S. Geological Survey, unpublished administrative report, 34 p.}{Deposit:: Till, A.B., Dumoulin, J.A., Gamble, B. ., Kaufman, D.S., and Carroll, P.I., 1986, Preliminary geologic map and fossil data, Soloman, Bendeleben, and southern Kotzebue quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-276, 10 p., 3 plates, scale 1:250,000.}
ReporterTravis L. Hudson