The Monte Cristo Creek is a molybdenum mine located in Alaska.
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Monte Cristo Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Monte Cristo Creek
Secondary: Marie Nabesna
Commodity
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Alaska
District: Chisana
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Argillic, propylitic
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Gypsum
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Type of workings: surface
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = See also: Orange Hill, Bond Creek.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Disseminated molybdenite and quartz-pyrite-molybdenite veins in hydrothermally altered Chisana Formation volcanic rocks of Cretaceous age near Cretaceous granodiorite pluton.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Lode: porphyry, stockwork
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Richter, D.H., 1973, Reconnaissance geological map of the Nabesna A-1 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Series Map 1-789, scale 1:63,360.
Reference (Deposit): Mendenhall, W.C., and Schrader, F.C., 1903, The mineral resources of the Mount Wrangell District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 15, 71 p.
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): Mendenhall, W.C., and Schrader, F. C., 1903, The mineral resources of the Mount Wrangell district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 15, 71 p.
Reference (Deposit): Richter, D.H., and Matson, N.A., 1970, Geochemical data from the Nabesna A-4 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 70-276, 14 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
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