The Unnamed (northeast of Blunt Mountain) is a zinc, lead, copper, and gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 55.15111, -131.36500
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Unnamed (northeast of Blunt Mountain) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed (northeast of Blunt Mountain)
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Ketchikan
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): Age = The fissure veins probably are Late Cretaceous.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Karl, 1992
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Variously mineralized samples of veins and country rocks contained up to 0.34 ppm Au, 2.5 ppm Ag, and 0.5% Cu (Karl, 1992, locs. 27, 28) . Soil samples contained as much as 0.27 ppm Au, and detectable Ag.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Polymetallic veins (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c)
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The country rocks in the area of these occurrences are recrystallized, Upper Triassic conglomerate and overlying rhyolite and felsic tuff (Berg, 1972). The rocks are complexly folded and faulted, and were regionally metamorphosed to greenschist-grade phyllite and semischist in Late Cretaceous time. ? the deposits consist of quartz fissure veins up to 30 feet thick and 100 feet long that contain clots of pyrite, galena, and chalcopyrite; and of sheared metarhyolite containing sparsely disseminated sphalerite, chalcopyrite, pyrite, and galena (Berg, 1972; Karl, 1992). Variously mineralized samples of veins and country rocks contained up to 0.34 ppm Au, 2.5 ppm Ag, and 0.5% Cu (Karl, 1992, locs. 27, 28) . Soil samples contained as much as 0.27 ppm Au, and detectable Ag.
References
Reference (Deposit): Berg, H.C., 1972, Geologic map of Annette Island, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map I-684, 8 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360,
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): Karl, S.M., 1992, Map and table of mineral deposits on Annette Island, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 92-690, 57 p., 1 map, scale 1:63,360.
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