Mine detail: Nugget Creek

Previously called 'Nugget Bench High Channel'

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Location

Lat / long: 62.51954, -150.93279

Resource(M)

Primary: Gold
Ore: Arsenopyrite, Cassiterite, Gold, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Scheelite
Gangue: Garnet, Quartz, Zircon

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Past Producer

Geology

Alteration processes:Argillic alteration is locally associated with the white quartz conglomerate (Clark and Hawley, 1968).

References

MRDSA011579
DEP10309027
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