The Silver Kitty is a silver, copper, and gold mine located in Alaska.
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Silver Kitty MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Silver Kitty
Secondary: Christy
Secondary: Copeland Creek
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
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: Skarn Cu
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Skarn related.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Hawley and Clark, 1974
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Cu skarn (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 18b)
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface workings only.
Comment (Commodity): Gangue = skarn minerals
Comment (Geology): Age = Probably Late Cretaceous.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The Silver Kitty prospect is hosted in Lower Jurassic and Upper Triassic redbed sandstone and argillite. An Upper Cretaceous quartz diorite porphyritic stock cuts the argillite. The prospect consists of chalcopyrite- and sphalerite-bearing skarn adjacent to the stock (Hawley and Clark, 1974), along with some disseminated sulfides. Samples contain 0.4 ounce of gold per ton and 1.8% copper (Balen, 1990: OFR 34-90).
Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Clark, A.L., and Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Healy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-394, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
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): 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): 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.
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