Charles

The Charles is a lead, zinc, silver, gold, and copper mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Charles
Secondary: Nelson and Pitcher

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper

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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Model Name: Porphyry Cu (North America)

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification and sulfidization of granite porphyry

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Westgate, 1922

Comment (Commodity): Gangue = quartz porphyry

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Polymetallic veins; ?Porphyry copper, North America(?)

Comment (Deposit): Model Number = 22c; 17(?)

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The country rocks in the general area of this occurrence are pelitic metasedimentary and subordinate andesitic metavolcanic strata of the Jurassic or older Mesozoic Hazelton Group, which are underlain and locally intruded by the Triassic Texas Creek Granodiorite. The Hazelton and Texas Creek rocks are intruded by the Eocene Boundary Granodiorite, and all of these rocks in turn are cut by still-younger Tertiary lamprophyre dikes (Smith, 1973, 1977; Koch, 1996).? the deposit (Westgate, 1922, p. 129, 139-140) consists of sulfide minerals disseminated in sheared, silicified granite porphyry that is cut by small, barren quartz veins. The sulfides are sphalerite, galena, pyrite, and chalcopyrite. Assays reportedly showed small amounts of Au and Ag.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): Westgate, L.G., 1922, Ore deposits of the Salmon River district, Portland Canal region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 722, p. 117-140.

Reference (Deposit): Smith, J.G., 1973, A Tertiary lamprophyre dike province in southeastern Alaska: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 10, p. 408-420.

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): 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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