The Dolcoath Dike is a tin mine located in Alaska.
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Dolcoath Dike MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Dolcoath Dike
Commodity
Primary: Tin
Secondary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Type: R
Description: Dike Offset By Major Fault To The W Of Mineralized Portion
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Dike Heavily Sericitized, Clay Altered And Limonite-Stained
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: UP TO 1.15% SN REPORTED
Materials
Ore: Cassiterite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Danburite
Gangue: Topaz
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Mica
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Labradorite
Unknown: Fluorite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): HIGHLY ALTERED, METALLIZED DIKE TRACED FOR ABOUT 7000 FT ALONG N SLOPE OF CASSITERITE CR.; MAINLY LABRADORITE AND QUARTZ IN FINE GRAINED MATRIX WITH TOURMALINE, MICA, DANBURITE, CHLORITE, PYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE, MICROCRYSTALLINE CASSITERITE AND TOPAZ; LIMESTONE WALL ROCK CONTACT METAMORPHOSED AND MINERALIZED WITH DANBURITE, FLUORITE, TOPAZ, ARSENOPYRITE, CASSITERITE AND TOURMALINE.
Comment (Workings): 100 FT "TUNNEL," 25 FT SHAFT; TUNNEL 1300 FT E OF SHAFT.
Comment (Location): SHORT SHAFT ON DALCOATH DIKE, USGS BULLETIN 733, P. 52, FIG. 5; USGS BULETIN 1129, PLATE 1. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): ACTIVE BEFORE 1918.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 358, P. 51-52.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 733, P. 76-78.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 1129, P. 55-56.
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-426-08
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