The Windy Creek Trib. Telephone Cr. is a lead mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 591 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 591 Feet (180 Meters)
Commodity: Lead
Lat, Long: 65.1694, -162.66670
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Windy Creek Trib. Telephone Cr. MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Windy Creek Trib. Telephone Cr.
Secondary: Molly Hogan 1-152
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Tertiary: Molybdenum
Tertiary: Zinc
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Owner Name: Placid Oil Co.
Info Year: 1978
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): ASSESSMENT WORK UP TO 1977. GRAB SAMPLES OF QUARTZ VEIN AND OF FRACTURED MONZONITE OF WINDY CREEK PLUTON CONTAINED GALENA, PYRITE, FLUORITE, AND MOLYBDENITE.
References
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 044-224
Reference (Deposit): OF75-429
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