Myers

The Myers is a zinc and lead mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Myers

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: Alaska
District: Anchorage

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Massive sulfide, kuroko

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Arsenopyrite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface mapping and sampling.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Landes, 1927

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Kuroko massive sulfide ? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 28a ?)

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Country rock is greenstone and silicified rhyolite of Jurassic to Permian age. A vertical zone about 3 ft wide contains disseminations and small masses of arsenopyrite, pyrite, sphalerite and galena. In addition, a 2 inch wide calcite vein found within a zone of rusty gouge contains disseminated sphalerite, galena, and chalcopyrite (Landes, 1927).

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Not enough base metal mineralization exposed to encourage development work (Landes, 1927).

Comment (Geology): Age = Jurassic or younger

References

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials in the Anchorage quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-1095, 184 p.

Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Anchorage quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-409, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Clark, S.H.B., 1972, The Wolverine complex, a newly discovered layered ultramafic body in the western Chugach Mountains, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 522, 10 p.

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): Clark, S.H.B., and Bartsch, S.R., 1971, Reconnaissance geologic map and geochemical analyses of stream sediment and rock samples of the Anchorage B-7 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 484, 70 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:36,360

Reference (Deposit): Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.

Reference (Deposit): Landes, K.K., 1927, Geology of the Knik-Matanuska District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 792-B, p. 51-72.

Reference (Deposit): Rose, A.W., 1966, Geology and chromite-bearing ultramafic rocks near Eklutna, Anchorage quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals Geologic Report 18, 25 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:42,000.

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