Mine detail: Unnamed (ridge west of Stevens Creek)

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long:

60.94938, -157.35278

Resource(M)

Primary:	Tungsten
Ore:	Wolframite
Gangue:	Quartz

Production

Operation type:	Unknown
Development status:	Occurrence

Geology

Alteration processes:

Hornfels is developed in the country rocks adjacent to the Taylor Mountain pluton. Quartz veining is common in the border of the pluton and in the hornfels.

References

MRDS	A013458
DEP	10309021
Reference	{Deposit:: Cady, W.M., Wallace, R.E., Hoare, J.M., and Webber, E.J., 1955, The central Kuskokwim region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 268, 132 p.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Taylor Mountains quadrangle: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-384, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Dillingham, Sleetmute, and Taylor Mountain quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-606, 92 p.}
Reporter	Travis L. Hudson