Unnamed (east end of Reds Lake)

The Unnamed (east end of Reds Lake) is a gold and silver 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

Name: Unnamed (east end of Reds Lake)

State: Alaska

County: na

Elevation:

Commodity: Gold, Silver

Lat, Long: 67.84, -148.57000

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Unnamed (east end of Reds Lake) MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Unnamed (east end of Reds Lake)

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead

Location

State: Alaska
District: Chandalar

Land Status

Not available

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:

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Silver
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Brosgi and Reiser, 1972

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = This prospect is described only as a sample of a quartz vein, collected prior to 1900, which assayed 0.42 oz Au and 0.14 oz Ag (Schrader, 1900). The country rock near this prospect is a relatively large outcrop area of albite-epidote-chlorite-muscovite greenschist (Brosgi and Reiser, 1964). This greenschist is in contact with a sliver of the Devonian(?) Horace Mountain pluton to the south and Devonian calcareous units to the north. Brosgi and Reiser (1972) included this occurrence in a group of anomalous stream-sediment and rock samples that show gold values and anomalous lead, zinc, copper, and silver. They imply an association between the above-described quartz vein sample and a sample of galena from a nearby prospect in limestone which returned values of 360 ppm Ag and 6.5 ppm Au. The location of the nearby prospect is not given.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Polymetallic veins(?) (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c)

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = See also: Bob (CH089), Gayle (CH091), Bibban (CH090), and Steph (CH093) prospects, which are located a few miles northwest of this prospect, and an unnamed occurrence (CH084), located a few miles east.? Alaska Kardex No. 031-27 (Kardex is a card file mining claim information system located at the State of Alaska DNR Public Information Center in Fairbanks).

Comment (Commodity): Ore Material = argentiferous galena

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): Maas, K.M., 1987, Maps summarizing land availability for mineral exploration and development in northern Alaska, 1986: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 10-87, 33 sheets.

Reference (Deposit): DeYoung, J.H., Jr., 1978, Mineral resources map of the Chandalar quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-878-B, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Grybeck, D.J., 1977, Known mineral deposits of the Brooks Range, Alaska: US Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-166C, 41 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Chandalar and Wiseman quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-340, 205 p.

Reference (Deposit): Brosgi, W.P., and Reiser, H.N., 1972, Geochemical reconnaissance in the Wiseman and Chandalar districts and adjacent region, southern Brooks Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 709, 21 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Chandalar quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-457, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

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