Alaska
Prospect

Black Mountain

Alaska, United States
Tin
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Commodities
PrimaryTin
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model43: Sn skarn
Materials
Ore mineralsCassiterite, Galena, Sphalerite
GangueDiopside, Epidote, Fluorite, Garnet, Idocrase, Plagioclase, Quartz, Tourmaline, Wollastonite
Geology
AlterationCalc-silicate hornfels and tactite development is common; late quartz-fluorite +/- tourmaline veining and alteration is present along faults and fractures
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10308745
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates65.48228, -166.7474
References
U.S. Geological Survey, 1964, Geological Survey research 1964: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 501-A. p. A1-A367.Sainsbury, C.L., and Hamilton, J. C., 1967, Mineralized veins at Black Mountain, western Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 575-B, p. B21-B25.U.S. Geological Survey, 1967, Geological Survey research 1967: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 575-A, p. A1-A377.Hudson, T.L., and Arth, J. G., 1983, Tin-granites of Seward Peninsula, Alaska: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 94, p. 768-790.McDermott, M.M., 1983, Seward Peninsula reconnaissance 1982 geophysical report: Anchorage, Anaconda Minerals Company internal report. 29 p. (Report held by Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska.)Reed, B.L., Menzie, W.D., McDermott, M., Root, H., Scott. W., and Drew, L. J., 1989, Undiscovered lode tin resources of the Seward Peninsula, Alaska: Economic Geology, v. 84, p. 1936-1947.Hudson, T.L., 1984, Tin systems of Seward Peninsula, Alaska: Anchorage, Anaconda Minerals Company internal report, 51 p. (Report held by Cook Inlet Region Inc., Anchorage, Alaska)McDermott, M.M., 1983, Investigation of the magnetic contact aureoles of the Khotol and Black Mountain granites, Alaska: Anchorage, Alaska, Anaconda Minerals Company internal report (Report held by Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska).McDermott, M.M., 1983, Seward Peninsula reconnaissance 1982 geophysical report: Anchorage, Anaconda Minerals Company internal report, 29 p. (Report held by Cook Inlet Region, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska.)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.