Mine detail: Unnamed (near Kiwalik River)

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 65.46939, -161.48334

Resource(M)

Primary: Tungsten
Ore: Pyrite, Scheelite
Gangue: Quartz, Tourmaline

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Alteration processes:Tourmaline alteration along closely spaced fractures.

References

MRDSA013482
DEP10308797
Reference{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., 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.}
ReporterAnita Williams