Unnamed (on Blunt Mountain)

The Unnamed (on Blunt Mountain) is a lead mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed (on Blunt Mountain)

Commodity

Primary: Lead

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

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericitization of trondhjemite, and oxidation of iron mineral(s) in veins to hematite(?).

Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Silurian

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Hematite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Geology): Age = Fissure veins probably are Late Cretaceous or younger.

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

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Berg, 1972 (I 684)

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The country rock in the area of this site is Silurian trondhjemite that was regionally metamorphosed to greenschist grade in Late Cretaceous time (Berg, 1972). The occurrence is in sericitized trondhjemite, and consists of sparse galena, hematite(?), and pyrite in iron-stained quartz fissure veins and pods up to 10 feet thick.

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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