Little Minook Creek Placer

Alaska, United States

GoldSilverTungstenChromiumCopperLeadManganese

Description

John Minook

Commodities

PrimaryGold

SecondarySilver

TertiaryTungsten, Chromium, Copper, Lead, Manganese

Commodity typeM

Deposit

Deposit sizeS

WorkingsSurface/Underground

Materials

Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Gold

GangueArgentite, Barite, Copper, Garnet, Hematite, Ilmenite, Magnetite, Picotite, Pyrite, Sphene, Tetradymite, Zircon

Other materialsChromite, Galena, Scheelite, Silver

Geology

Host rockSandstone,Tuff,Diabase,Slate,Quartzite,Gravel

Associated rockDiabase,Greenstone

Economic & production

Development statusProducer

First production1896

Discovery year1893

Identification

Deposit ID10002769

MRDS IDA015229

RegionNA

Data scoreB

Coordinates65.45853, -150.03697

References

USGS MF-371 (B-1), LOC. 50USGS BULL. 844-D, P. 181-183.USGS BULL. 337, P. 75-77USGS OF 85-213, P. 32-33.