Unnamed (near McDoel Peak)

The Unnamed (near McDoel Peak) is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed (near McDoel Peak)

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Yentna

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

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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: Placer Au-PGE

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The area is underlain by hydrothermally altered Mesozoic graywacke and argillite (Reed and others, 1978). Alteration mineralogy is not specified. However, based on its reported similarity to altered zones at Thunder Creek (TL032, TL058), it is most likely argillic alteration of Mesozoic sedimentary rocks.

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold

Comments

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Reed and others, 1978

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Reconnaissance mapping (Reed and Nelson, 1980), stream silt and rock sampling (Curtin, Karlson, O'Leary, Day, and McDanal,1978) has been done by the U.S. Geological Survey. Prospecting and sampling was done by prospectors and claim owners in the 1980s. Current claim status is not known.

Comment (Geology): Age = Pleistocene; gold in sediment samples may have been derived from zones within the KJs that are hydrothermally altered by one of the Late Cretaceous diorite/granodiorite (67.4 m.y.) Kichatna plutons (TKk) mapped by Reed and Nelson (1980).

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Placer Au-PGE (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a).

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Curtin, Karlson, O'Leary, Day, and McDanal (1978) report gold (+30 ppm) in bulk heavy-mineral concentrate samples from stream gravels at this locality. The area is underlain by hydrothermally altered Mesozoic graywacke and argillite (KJs) and one of the small bodies of diorite/granodiorite assigned to the Late Cretaceous (67.4 m.y.) Kichatna plutons (TKk) (Reed and others, 1978; Reed and Nelson, 1980). The creek contains abundant float of vein quartz. Gold was not detected from the quartz material, but Reed and others (1978) report a pan concentrate yielded more than 30 colors of fine gold. They indicate that similar altered zones are observed along Dollar (TL031) and Thunder Creeks (TL032, TL058), at the headwaters of Treasure (TL030), Dutch (TL033) and Bear Creeks (TL017).

References

Reference (Deposit): Reed, B.L., Nelson, S.W., Curtin, G.C., and Singer, D.A., 1978, Mineral resources map of the Talkeetna Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-870-D, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous mineral deposits in the eastern part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-A, 99 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., and Reed, B.L., 1980, Summaries of data and lists of reference to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Talkeetna quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-884, 106 p.

Reference (Deposit): Reed, B.L., and Nelson, S.W., 1980, Geologic map of the Talkeetna quadrangle: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigations Map I-1174, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Curtin, G.C., Karlson, R.C., O'Leary, R.M., Day, G.W., and McDanal, S.K., 1978, Geochemical and generalized geologic map showing the distribution of gold and silver, Talkeetna quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-870-E, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

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