Albion

Site Name

Primary: Albion

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Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

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Location

State: Alaska
District: Nome

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Land Status

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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: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification.

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz

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Comments

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The Albion deposit probably was discovered and claimed by Daniel B. Camp around 1900; the claim, called a right-limit bench, was patented in 1908 (U.S. Mineral Survey No. 332). The plat shows the location of three shafts, but it does not indicate whether the shafts were for placer or lode prospecting. They appear to be in the lode location described by Cathcart (1922). Both Newmont and Placer Dome completed drill holes on this prospect.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Low-sulfide Au-quartz veins (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a).

Comment (Geology): Age = Mid-Cretaceous; veins cross cut regionally metamorphosed schist; see NM207.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The Albion deposit originally was developed by a shaft reportedly on the north side of Albion Creek (Cathcart, 1922, p. 247), possibly on a bench claim originally located in 1900. This claim was surveyed and patented by Daniel B. Camp in 1908 and called the Bench Claim No. 6 Above on Right Limit of Rock Creek Placer (U.S. Mineral Survey No. 332). Cathcart (1922) reported that the shaft was 50 feet deep and that the vein pinched out. The vein reportly assayed about 120 dollars or about 6 ounces of gold per ton.? Exploration since 1987 suggests that the Albion vein may have more continuity or it may at least be representative of a somewhat different style of mineralization than originally thought. In contrast to typical Rock Creek quartz, which is white and not banded, the typical Albion quartz vein is bluish-gray and well banded, and contains a fairly high ratio of free gold to sulfides. Unlike the sheeted veins at Rock Creek (NM207), the Albion-type veins appear to have significant lateral and probably vertical extent. The Albion deposit or a related lode was drilled by Placer Dome and Newmont Mining Company about 2,600 feet northeast of Sophie Gulch (Kennecott section 3700NE). Three core holes (Newmont 92-005 and Placer Dome 88-35 and 88-36) indicated an almost vertical vein structure having a true thickness of at least 20 feet. All three drill holes had 5-foot intercepts that contained more than 0.3 ounce of gold per ton. The bottom sample in Placer Dome hole 88-36 contained 1.373 ounces of gold per ton. Drilling southeast of Albion Creek suggests that a similar vein may be present east of Rock Creek in the Calle Creek area (NM212).

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = This report

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References

Reference (Deposit): Cathcart, S.H., 1922, Metalliferous lodes in southern Seward Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 722, p. 163-261.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File report 78-93, 213 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-463, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

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