Lookout Mountain

The Lookout Mountain is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Lookout Mountain

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Tin

Location

State: Alaska
District: Valdez Creek

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

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor sericitic-phyllic reported.

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Hawley and Clark, 1974

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

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The country rocks in the prospect area are Upper Jurassic to Upper Triassic crystal tuff, argillite, graywacke and chert (Wilson and others, 1998). The strata are intruded by Upper Cretaceous or Lower Tertiary quartz porphyry and felsite. The deposit consists of argentiferous galena and sphalerite along fractures in a shear zone, in pipe breccias, and as disseminations in quartz porphyry. Scattered outcrops suggest that the quartz porphyry and felsite underlie an area about 1200 feet in diameter. Sulfides also are reported in breccia zones both in the intrusive and bedded rocks (Hawley and Clark, 1974). The breccias at Lookout Mountain are similar to those at the Golden Zone mine (HE043), but differ from then in containing more silver, lead, zinc, and tin.

Comment (Geology): Age = Late Cretaceous or younger, assuming that the deposit is related to the quartz porphyry and felsite.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Active

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Limited surface work and sampling has been carried out on this prospect. The area has been covered by regional and detailed geophysical surveys.

References

Reference (Deposit): Wilson, F.H., Dover, J.H., Bradley, D.C., Weber, F.R., Bundtzen, T.K., and Haeussler, P.J., 1998, Geologic map of central (interior) Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-133, 17 p., 2 sheetsm, scale 1:500,000.

Reference (Deposit): Hawley, C.C., Clark, A.L., Herdrick, M.A., and Clark, S.H.B., 1969, Results of geological and geochemical investigations in an area northwest of the Chulitna River, central Alaska Range: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 617, 19 p.

Reference (Deposit): Kurtak, J.M., Southworth, D.D., Balen, M.D., and Clautice, K.H., 1992, Mineral investigations in the Valdez Creek mining district, south-central Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 1-92, 659 p., 2 plates, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Balen, M.D., 1990, Geochemical sampling results from the Bureau of Mines Investigations in the Valdez Creek mining district, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 34-90, 218 p., 2 plates, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Hawley, C.C., and Clark, A.L., 1974, Geology and mineral deposits of the upper Chulitna district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 758-B, p. 1-47, 2 sheets, scale 1:12,000 and 1:48,000.

Reference (Deposit): Hawley, C.C., and others, 1978, Mineral appraisal of lands adjacent to Mt. McKinley National Park, Alaska. Contract No. JO166107: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 24-78, 274 p., 12 sheets.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Healy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-1062, 113 p.

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