Hydropit

The Hydropit is a zinc, lead, and copper mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Hydropit

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper

Location

State: Alaska
District: Ketchikan

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

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

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Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Arsenopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Occurrence first found by the USGS in the late 70's in a quarry excavated for road metal. To 1996, no obvious signs or published descriptions of other work at the site.

Comment (Geology): Age = Tertiary or younger.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Polymetallic vein along shear zone (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c)

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The country rock is a Tertiary alkalic granite well exposed in a rock quarry; the intrusive is cut by sperulitic felsic dikes which are in turn cut by andesite dikes (Brew, 1997 [OF 97-156-E]).? the mineralization consists of quartz veinlets and lenses an inch or so thick in an altered shear zone about 4 feet wide that cuts the granite. The quartz vein material contains a few percent of ore minerals including chalcopyrite, bornite, galena, sphalerite, arsenopyrite, and magnetite. On analysis, selected high-grade grab sample show major Pb, Zn, and Cu consistent with the hand-specimen mineralogy, less than 0.005 ppm Au, up to 50 ppm Ag, up to 15 ppm Sn, and up to 3 ppm W. The exposure of the vein is small but could indicate more vein-type mineralization in the area.

Comment (Production): Production Notes = None

Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Grybeck, Berg, and Karl, 1984

Comment (Reserve-Resource): Reserves = None

References

Reference (Deposit): Grybeck, D.J., Berg, H.C., and Karl, S.M., 1984, Map and description of the mineral deposits in the Petersburg and eastern Port Alexander quadrangles: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-837, 86 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Brew, D.A., 1997, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Petersburg B-3 quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-156-E, 21 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.

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