The Indian Pass Lake is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
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Indian Pass Lake MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Indian Pass Lake
Secondary: Unnamed (southwest of Indian Pass Lake)
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Chistochina; Slana
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Name: Hornblendite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Jurassic
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Lode: disseminated, vein
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = More detailed sampling in the Slana area may reveal low grade lodes in the diorite complex with grades of at least 0.01 oz/ton Au
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Sample of hornblende diorite containing disseminated pyrite contained 0.3 ppm Au (sample R60, USGS Circ. 593, p. 11). Type of workings: surface
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Disseminated pyrite and small quartz-pyrite veins in small hornblende diorite stock of Jurassic/Triassic age in an area of anomalous gold and copper in stream sediments
References
Reference (Deposit): Richter, D.H., Singer, D.A., and Cox, D.P., 1975, Mineral resources map of the Nabesna quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-655-K, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Richter, D.H., and Matson, N.A., 1968, Distribution of gold and some base metals in the Slana area, eastern Alaska Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 593, 20 p.
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