Alaska
Prospect

Unnamed (on Tin Creek, tributary to Lost River)

Alaska, United States
BerylliumTinFluorine-Fluorite
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Commodities
PrimaryBeryllium, Tin, Fluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model43: Sn skarn
Materials
Ore mineralsCassiterite, Chrysoberyl, Fluorite, Helvite
GangueIdocrase, Magnetite, Mica
Geology
AlterationCalc-silicate, magnetite, and fluorite replacement of limestone
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10308406
RegionNA
Data scoreC
Coordinates65.45827, -167.1264
References
Sainsbury, C.L., 1963, Beryllium deposits of the western Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 479, 18 p.Cobb, E.H., and Sainsbury, C.L., 1972, Metallic mineral resource map of the Teller quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-426, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.Hudson, T.L., and Arth, J. G., 1983, Tin-granites of Seward Peninsula, Alaska: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 94, p. 768-790.Sainsbury, C.L., 1969, Geology and ore deposits of the central York Mountains, western Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1287, 101 p.Hudson, T.L., 1983, Interim report on the Lost River district, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: Anchorage, Alaska, Anaconda Minerals Company internal report (Report held by Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska).Cobb, E.H., 1975, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Teller quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-587, 130 p.