Commodities
PrimaryTungsten, Tin
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model47: Sn veins49: Sn greisen
Materials
Ore mineralsCassiterite, Wolframite
GangueFluorite, Quartz, Topaz, Tourmaline, Mica
Geology
Associated rockLost River
AlterationSignificant alteration is restricted to the Ida Bell dike and includes greisen (quartz, topaz, sericite, fluorite, tourmaline, and arsenopyrite replacement of granite) and later overprinting kaolinization.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10308415
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates65.47627, -167.16641
References
Heide, H.E., 1946, Investigation of the Lost River tin deposit, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 3902, 57 p.Sainsbury, C.L., 1964, Geology of the Lost River mine area, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1129, 80 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.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.