Mine detail: Christophosen

Previously called 'Last Chance'

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Location

Lat / long: 64.73748, -165.53659

Resource(M)

Primary: Antimony
Ore: Azurite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Stibnite
Gangue: Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Alteration processes:Sulfidation along a wide shear zone.

References

MRDSA012797
DEP10308935
Reference{Deposit:: Cathcart, S.H., 1922, Metalliferous lodes in southern Seward Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 722, p. 163-261.}{Deposit:: Herreid, G.H., 1970, Geology and geochemistry of the Sinuk area, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals Geologic Report 36, 61 p., 3 sheets, scale 1:42,000.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-463, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File report 78-93, 213 p.}
ReporterC.C. Hawley and Travis L. Hudson