Mine detail: Unnamed (on south fork of Quartz Creek)

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Location: Candle County, Alaska, United States, North America
Lat / long: 65.5194, -161.39333
dep_id: 10308799
mrds_id: A013478
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Silver, Lead, Zinc
Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Arsenopyrite, Chalcopyrite, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite
gangue: Calcite, Feldspar, Quartz, Tourmaline
alteration: Quartz, tourmaline, and sericite alteration along closely-spaced fracture zones.
Reporter: Anita Williams
References:
  • 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., 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.
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