The Unnamed (south of Flat Creek) is a copper mine located in Alaska.
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Unnamed (south of Flat Creek) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed (south of Flat Creek)
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Tungsten
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Alaska
District: Chistochina
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: Porphyry Cu-Mo
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Tourmaline.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Tourmaline
Comments
Comment (Geology): Age = Probably coeval with a Jurassic diorite to quartz-diorite complex.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Richter, 1966
Comment (Geology): Age = Emplaced subseqent to or is related to the border phase of the Pennsylvanian to Permian, Ahtell pluton.
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The area has been explored intermittently by reconnaissance mapping, sampling, and minor bulldozer trenching since about 1963.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The area consists mainly of the Grubstake, medium-grained quartz monzonite phase of the Pennsylvanian to Permian, Ahtell pluton and its quartz-rich border phase (Richter, 1966). The area has widespread mineralization. Richter (1966 fig. 5) mapped a prospect with a sulfide-bearing quartz-carbonate vein at an elevation of about 3,400 feet in the drainage north of the ridge. Rocks nearby contain disseminated chalcopyrite. WGM Inc. (WGM Inc., 1980) mapped a half-mile-long altered area containing sulfide veins centered on this location. Stream sediments in the drainage below Richter's prospect contained 700 ppb gold and the south-draining stream from the ridge contained 300 ppm tungsten. Kirk Stanley (written communication, 2000) reported the existence of tourmaline and silver-lead veins on the Grizzly Hills but without specifying an exact location.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Polymetallic vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c)
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Additional information can be obtained from Ahtna Minerals in Anchorage, Alaska.
Comment (Commodity): Gangue = Carbonate
References
Reference (Deposit): Richter, D.H., and Matson, N.A., Jr., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Gulkana quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-419, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Gulkana quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-1247, 36 p.
Reference (Deposit): WGM Inc., 1980, 1979 Summary report of gold potential, Slana District, Ahtna project: WGM Inc., 10 p., 1:63,360-scale map. (Report held by Ahtna Mineral Co., Anchorage, Alaska).
Reference (Deposit): Richter, D.H., 1966, Geology of the Slana district on south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Geological Report 2l, 36b p., 3 sheets, scale 1:63,360.
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): 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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