Cape Mountain Placer

Alaska, United States

Tin

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Commodities

PrimaryTin

Commodity typeM

Deposit

WorkingsSurface

Materials

Other materialsAlbite, Apatite, Augite, Biotite, Calcite, Cassiterite, Chlorite, Diopside, Dolomite, Epidote, Feldspar, Forsterite, Garnet, Glaucophane, Goethite, Hematite, Hornblende, Hypersthene, Limonite, Magnetite, Microcline, Monazite, Olivine, Orthoclase, Ottrelite, Pyrite, Quartz, Rutile, Scheelite, Sphene, Staurolite, Tourmaline, Vesuvianite, Zircon, Zoisite

Economic & production

Development statusPast Producer

First production1924

Discovery year1903

Identification

Deposit ID10233015

MRDS IDA003626

Alternate namesEast Fork, Granite Creek, Lagoon Creek, American Tinfields, Inc., Lomen Commercial Co., Ralph Lomen, Cape Creek, Tin City, H.G. Gabrielson, Goodwin Creek, John & Diane Cothern, First Chance Creek, Roy Snow, Otto O. Oetjen, Frank Ralston, Goodwin Gulch, Zenda Gold Mining Co., Mrs. T.A. Petersen, Glenn Adams, Boulder Creek, Village Creek

RegionNA

Data scoreA

Coordinates65.57285, -167.93123

References

B229 61 ppB259k pp. 120-127B284o pp. 145-157B358B733 pp. 102-110WAR MINERALS REPORT164WAR MINERALS REPORT413RI3902RI3978RI4345DMEA DMA 842IC7878C479RI6737I685B1374OF77-796BC772B pp. 44-45AMR 81-82 pp. 13, 31MTA 82 No. A-29SR31 p. 21SR33 p. 24SR38 pp. 8, 25SR39 p. 24ALASKA KARDEX 043-001ALASKA KARDEX 043-003ALASKA KARDEX 043-004ALASKA KARDEX 043-008ALASKA KARDEX 043-013ALASKA KARDEX 043-014ALASKA KARDEX 043-015ALASKA KARDEX 043-016ALASKA KARDEX 043-019ALASKA KARDEX 043-024ALASKA KARDEX 043-030ALASKA KARDEX 043-034ALASKA KARDEX 043-037ALASKA KARDEX 043-039ALASKA KARDEX 043-102ALASKA KARDEX 043-128ALASKA KARDEX 043-129WAR MINERALS REPORT164 p. 1WAR MINERALS REPORT413 p. 1DMEA DMA 842 p. 1