The Hummel Canyon is a silver, lead, zinc, copper, and molybdenum mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Silver, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 56.04389, -130.29194
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Hummel Canyon MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Hummel Canyon
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Alaska
District: Hyder
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification and pyritization, apparently of pelitic country rocks. Local intense iron staining.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Prospect was explored by an eleven-foot adit, probably in the 1920's.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The country rocks in the area of the Hummel Canyon prospect are Triassic Texas Creek Granodiorite that underlies and locally intrudes pelitic metasedimentary and andesitic metavolcanic rocks of the Jurassic or older Mesozoic Hazelton Group (Smith, 1977; Berg and others, 1977, p. 15-18; Koch, 1996). ? the deposit consists of a pyritic silicified zone up to a foot thick , associated with slightly pyritic hornfels wallrock (Berg and others, 1977, p. 92). Samples of the silicified zone and the pyritic wallrock contained negligible amounts of Cu, Pb, Zn, Mo, and Ag.
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Site is in Misty Fiords National Monument
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Berg and others, 1977
References
Reference (Deposit): Smith, J.G., 1977, Geology of the Ketchikan D-1 and Bradfield Canal A-1 quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1425, 49 p.
Reference (Deposit): Berg, H.C., Elliott, R.L., Smith, J.G., Pittman, T.L., and Kimball, A. L., 1977, Mineral resources of the Granite Fiords wilderness study area, Alaska, with a section on aeromagnetic data by Andrew Griscom: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1403, 151 p.
Reference (Deposit): Elliott, R.L., and Koch, R.D., 1981, Mines, prospects, and selected metalliferous mineral occurrences in the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728-B, 23 p., 1 sheet, scales 1:250,000 and 1:63,360.
Reference (Deposit): Koch, R.D., 1996, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728-A, 35 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
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