Lucky Shot and War Baby Mines

Alaska, United States

GoldCopperArsenicLeadZinc

Commodities

PrimaryGold

SecondaryCopper

TertiaryArsenic, Lead, Zinc

Commodity typeM

Deposit

Deposit typeVein

Deposit sizeS

Materials

Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Gold, Sphalerite

GangueQuartz

Geology

Host rockDiorite

Associated rockDiorite

AlterationIn Shattered Areas Wall Rock Alteration Is Intense (Chlorite, Sericite, Ankerite).

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

First production1919

Last production1942

Discovery year1919

Identification

Deposit ID10000515

MRDS IDA010708

Alternate namesLucky Shot & War Baby On Same Lode, Operated Together After 1923.

RegionNA

Data scoreC

Coordinates61.78011, -149.40825

References

USGS OFR 79-1095, P. 88-89, 157-158USGS B 849-C, P. 204-213