Mine detail: Unnamed (upper Peace River)

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Location:	Candle County, Alaska, United States, North America
Lat / long:	65.4524, -161.08232
dep_id:	10308796
mrds_id:	A013495
Commodity type:	metallic
Major mineral:	Silver, Gold, Copper, Molybdenum, Lead, Tungsten
Operation type:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence
ore:	Chalcopyrite, Chromite, Gold, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Sphalerite
gangue:	Fluorite, Hematite, Magnetite, Quartz
model:	85: Polymetallic veins
alteration:	Syenite oxidized where cut by pyrite-quartz veins.
Reporter:	Anita Williams
References:	Deposit:: White, M.G., West, W.S., Tolbert, G.E., Nelson, A.E. and Houston, J.R., 1952, Preliminary summary of reconnaissance for uranium in Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular, 196, 17 p. Deposit:: Jones, D.A., 1953, Peace river uranium prospect, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Prospect Evaluation 45-1, 30 p., 2 sheets. Deposit:: Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p. Deposit:: Miller, T.P., and Elliott, R.L., 1969, Metalliferous deposits near Granite Mountain, eastern Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 614, 19 p. Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources of the Candle Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-389, 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:: Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Candle, Holy Cross, Norton Bay, Nulato, and Unalakleet quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-866, 102 p.