Mine detail: Konechney Prospect (Mission Creek)

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Location

Lat / long: 61.65035, -159.11487

Resource(M)

Primary: Silver, Gold, Copper
Ore: Arsenopyrite, Azurite, Bornite, Cassiterite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Chrysocolla, Covellite, Cuprite, Galena, Goethite, Gold, Malachite, Pyrite, Scheelite, Stephanite, Stibnite, Metazeunerite
Gangue: Quartz, Tourmaline

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Alteration processes:Silicification and tourmalinization.

References

MRDSA013414
DEP10308997
Reference{Deposit:: Wedow, Helmuth, Jr., 1953, Preliminary summary of reconnaissance for uranium and thorium in Alaska, 1952: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 248, 15 p.}{Deposit:: West, W.S., 1954, Reconnaissance for radioactive deposits in the lower Yukon-Kuskokwim region, Alaska, 1952: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 328, 10 p.}{Deposit:: Hoare, J M., and Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Russian Mission quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-444, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Hoare, J.M., and Cobb, E.H., 1977, Mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bethel, Goodnews, and Russian Mission quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-156, 98 p.}{Deposit:: Bundzten, T.K., and Laird, G.M., 1991, Geology and mineral resources of the Russian Mission C-1 Quadrangle, southwest Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Professional Report 109, 24 p.}
ReporterTravis L. Hudson, Madelyn A. Millholland