Mine detail: Unnamed (ridge west of Stevens Creek)

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Location: Taylor Mountains County, Alaska, United States, North America
Lat / long: 60.94938, -157.35278
dep_id: 10309021
mrds_id: A013458
Commodity type: metallic
Major mineral: Tungsten
Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence
ore: Wolframite
gangue: Quartz
alteration: 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.
Reporter: Travis L. Hudson
References:
  • 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.
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