Peterson

Site Name

Primary: Peterson
Secondary: Surprise

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Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc

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Location

State: Alaska
District: Ketchikan

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Land Status

Not available

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Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

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

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Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyrite is sparsely disseminated in the schist wallrock adjacent to the vein.

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Graphite
Gangue: Quartz

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Comments

Comment (Geology): Age = Probably Late Cretaceous or younger.

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

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Wright and Wright, 1908; Maas and others, 1995

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The country rocks in this part of Revillagigedo Island are marine, pelitic phyllite and schist that are intruded by Cretaceous stocks, sills, and dikes of feldspar-porphyritic granodiorite, and by a stock and probably related plugs of Tertiary gabbro (Berg and others, 1988). The strata and some of the granodiorite were regionally metamorphosed to greenschist grade in Late Cretaceous time. These regionally metamorphosed rocks subsequently were locally contact metamorphosed to hornblende hornfels near the contacts of Cretaceous granodiorite plutons that were emplaced after the regional metamorphism, and then more widely remetamorposed to hornblende hornfels near the contacts of the Tertiary gabbro. The premetamorphic age range of the pelitic strata is uncertain. Berg and others (1988) assign them a Mesozoic or (Late) Paleozoic age; Brew and Ford (1998) and Crawford and others (in press) assign them to the Gravina belt, of Late Jurassic or Cretaceous age.? Wright and Wright (1908, p. 150) described the principal Peterson deposit as a fault-gouge-bounded, sulfide-bearing, quartz-calcite-graphite fissure vein that averages 15 feet wide and has been traced along strike for 1000 feet. The vein strikes NW, parallel to the foliation of pelitic schist host rock, and dips steeply NE to vertical, which intersects the SW dip of the foliation. The sulfide minerals in the vein are pyrite, galena, sphalerite, and pyrrhotite, along with reported values of Au and Ag. Pyrite is also sparsely disseminated in the wallrocks adjacent to the vein.? the Peterson deposit was discovered in 1908 and explored by 3 short adits in 1913. There has been no additional mining-related work since then (Maas and others, 1995, p. 202). In 1995, the patented property was on the site of the George Inlet Lodge. Samples of a shear zone exposed in an adit showed low metal values (Maas and others, 1995, p. 209). A sample of massive pyrrhotite collected from the creek adjacent to this adit contained 6.2 ppm Ag, 1066 ppm Cu, 2469 ppm Zn, and 246 ppm Ni.

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The Peterson deposit was discovered in 1908 and explored by 3 short adits in 1913. There has been no additional mining-related work since then (Maas and others, 1995, p. 202). In 1995, the patented property was on the site of the George Inlet Lodge. Samples of a shear zone exposed in an adit showed low metal values (Maas and others, 1995, p. 209). A sample of massive pyrrhotite collected from the creek adjacent to this adit contained 6.2 ppm Ag, 1066 ppm Cu, 2469 ppm Zn, and 246 ppm Ni.

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References

Reference (Deposit): Crawford, M.L., Crawford, W.A., and Gehrels, G.E., 2000, Terrane assembly and structural relationships in the eastern Prince Rupert quadrangle, British Columbia, in H.H. Stowell and W.C.McClelland, eds., Tectonics of the Coast Mountains, southeastern Alaska and British Columbia: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America Special Paper 343, p. 1-21.?

Reference (Deposit): Wright, F.E., and Wright, C.W., 1908, The Ketchikan and Wrangell mining districts, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 347, 210 p.

Reference (Deposit): Elliott, R.L., Berg, H.C., and Karl, Susan, 1978, map and table describing metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral deposits, Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report, 78-73-B,17 p., scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Berg, H.C., Elliott, R.L., and Koch, R.D., 1988, Geologic map of the Ketchikan and Prince Rupert quadrangles, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Mineral Investigations Series Map MF-1807,27 p., scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Maas, K.M., Bittenbender, P E., and Still, J.C., 1995, Mineral investigations in the Ketchikan mining district, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 11-95, 606 p.

Reference (Deposit): Brew, D.A., and Ford, A.B., 1998, The Coast Mountains structural zones in southeastern Alaska--descriptions, relations, and lithotectonic significance, in Gray, J.E., and Riehle, J.R., eds., The U.S. Geological Survey in Alaska--geological studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey in 1996: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1595, p. 183-192.

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