Hummel Canyon

The Hummel Canyon is a silver, lead, zinc, copper, and molybdenum mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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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

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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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