Mine detail: Unnamed (upper Niukluk River)

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Location: Bendeleben County, Alaska, United States, North America
Lat / long: 65.19933, -163.87833
dep_id: 10308792
mrds_id: A012767
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Copper, Lead
Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect
ore: Azurite, Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Galena, Duftite
gangue: Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz
model: 85: Polymetallic veins
alteration: Silicification; extensive oxidation and secondary mineral development; faulting and gouge development.
Reporter: Travis L. Hudson
References:
  • 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Briskey, J.A., 1983, Summary of field observations on Seward Peninsula mineral deposits: U.S. Geological Survey, unpublished administrative report, 34 p.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.
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