Mine detail: Lillie

Previously called 'Unnamed (south of Dry Pass)'

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Location

Lat / long: 56.14973, -133.41586

Resource(M)

Primary: Copper, Molybdenum, Lead, Tungsten
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Magnetite, Molybdenite, Powellite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Scheelite
Gangue: Marble, Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Alteration processes:Contact metamorphic/metasomatic alteration with development of calcsilicate minerals in marble at periphery of the pluton at Dry Pass.

References

MRDSA010340
DEP10308983
Reference{Deposit:: Denny, R.L., 1961, Lillie, Hawkins, and Eichner Moly prospect (Koscuisko Island): Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Prospect Evaluation 117-7, 3 p}{Deposit:: Herreid, G.H., and Kaufman, M. A., 1964, Geology of the Dry Pass area, southeastern Alaska: Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals Geologic Report 7, 16 p.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Petersburg quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-870, 53 p.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Petersburg quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-415, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1980, Claim map, Petersburg quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Map 117, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Brew, D. A., Ovenshine, A. T., Karl, S. M., and Hunt, S. J., 1984, Preliminary reconnaissance geologic map of the Petersburg and parts of the Port Alexander and Sumdum 1:250,000 quadrangles, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-405, 43 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Grybeck, D.J., Berg, H.C., and Karl, S.M., 1984, Map and description of the mineral deposits in the Petersburg and eastern Port Alexander quadrangles: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-837, 86 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.}
ReporterH.C. Berg and D.J. Grybeck