Iron Cap

The Iron Cap is a silver, gold, copper, and zinc mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Iron Cap

Commodity

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

Location

State: Alaska
District: Hyder

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Slate and graywacke country rocks are impregnated with sulfide minerals.

Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Arsenopyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Polymetallic veins

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Prospect originally staked in 1923.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Buddington, 1929

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The country rocks in the area of the Iron Cap prospect are pelitic metasedimentary and subordinate andesitic metavolcanic strata of the Jurassic or older Mesozoic Hazelton Group, which is underlain and locally intruded by the Triassic Texas Creek Granodiorite (Smith, 1977; Koch, 1996).? the deposit (Buddington, 1929, p. 44, 98) consists of an 11-foot zone of slate and fine-grained tuffaceous graywacke containing stringers and veins of sulfides, and a 2-foot quartz-calcite vein carrying pyrrhotite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and a little arsenopyrite. The deposit, which is about 100 feet above the contact of the Texas Creek Granodiorite, is approximately parallel to the bedding in the slate and graywacke hostrocks. A sample (Buddington, 1925, p. 95) assayed 0.04 oz Au and 6.28 oz Ag per ton, and 2% Cu.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Deposit was explored in 1920's by an opencut 12 feet wide. A sample (Buddington, 1925, p. 95) assayed 0.04 oz Au and 6.28 oz Ag per ton, and 2% Cu.

References

Reference (Deposit): Buddington, A.F., 1925, Mineral investigations in southeastern Alasaka: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 773, p. 71-139.

Reference (Deposit): Buddington, A.F., 1929, Geology of Hyder and vicinity, southeastern Alaska, with a reconnaissance of Chickamin River: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 807, 124 p.

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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