The White Glacier Area 3 Occurrence is a zinc mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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White Glacier Area 3 Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: White Glacier Area 3 Occurrence
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
District: Juneau/Glacier Bay N.M.
Land Status
Land ownership: National Park
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
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: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Permian
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 9 SPACED CHIP SAMPLES, 7-60 FT, ACROSS ALTERED ZONES: UP TO 140 PPM ZN, 80 PPM PB, 30 PPM CU, 50 PPM MO, 0.05 PPM AU, USGS OFR 78-494, PC-330, TABLE C-61
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): SMALL PODS AND DISSEMINATIONS OF PYRITE WITH ANOMALOUS PB, ZN AND AU IN ANDESITIC FE-STAINED ZONES 100'S OF FT WIDE AND UP TO 1000 FT LONG
Comment (Geology): COUNTRY ROCK: PERMIAN ANDESITE BOUNDED BY LIMESTONE-ARGILLITE UNIT AND A CHERTY LIMESTONE-SILLSTONE UNIT THAT IS INTRUDED BY SMALL TERTIARY GRANITIC PLUG
Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: WHITE GLACIER, AREA 2 OCCURRENCE ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Commodity): PYRITE IS ONLY SULFIDE REPORTED
Comment (Location): SEE: USGS OFR 78-494, P. C-329, FIG. C-69 LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 85-717, NO. J006
Reference (Other Database): BAG-OFR-85-717-006
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 78-494, P. C-328 TO C-333
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