The Unnamed (head of Purple Lake) is a copper mine located in Alaska.
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Unnamed (head of Purple Lake) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed (head of Purple Lake)
Commodity
Primary: Copper
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
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Local sericitization of trondhjemite hostrock.
Rocks
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Silurian
Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Silurian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Disseminated Cu deposit of undetermined origin.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Karl, 1992
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The country rock in the area of this site is Silurian trondhjemite (Berg, 1972). Locally, the trondhjemite is sheared and sericitized, probably owing to Late Cretaceous greenschist-grade regional metamorphism. The occurrence consists of small amounts of chalcopyrite disseminated in the trondhjemite.
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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