The Nothiger is a lead mine located in Alaska.
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Nothiger MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Nothiger
Secondary: Standard
Commodity
Primary: Lead
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
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Site probably originally staked in about 1923. Some reports also include references to the Standard claims, staked in 1931(?), that probably include the Nothiger prospect.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Buddington, 1929
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The country rock in the area of this prospect is Triassic Texas Creek Granodiorite, which regionally underlies and locally intrudes pelitic metasedimentary and subordinate andesitic metavolcanic strata of the Jurassic or older Mesozoic Hazelton Group (Smith, 1977; Koch, 1996).? the deposit (Buddington, 1929, p. 94) comprises an extensive shear zone 20-40 feet thick in granodiorite that contains a quartz vein and many quartz stringers. The main vein is 2.5-6 feet thick and contains a little galena and pyrite. The deposit was explored by a 12-foot crosscut adit driven through the main vein into the granodiorite footwall.
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The deposit was explored in the 1920's by a 12-foot crosscut adit driven through the main vein into the granodiorite footwall.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Polymetallic veins
References
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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