White Glacier Area 3 Occurrence

The White Glacier Area 3 Occurrence is a zinc mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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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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