Little Tazimina

The Little Tazimina is a copper mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Little Tazimina

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Manganese

Location

State: Alaska
District: Bristol Bay

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: Unknown

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Azurite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite

Comments

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Reserve-Resource): Reserves = No reserves

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Resource Associates of Alaska (1976) reports a one-foot-long channel sample assayed 103 ppm Ag, 20,000 ppm Cu, 107 ppm Mo, 17,000 ppm Pb, and 2,000 ppm Zn.

Comment (Production): Production Notes = No production

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Resource Associates of Alaska, Inc., 1976

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Disseminated chalcopyrite, azurite, malachite, manganese mineralization, and undefined Mo, Pb, and Zn minerals associated with the contact area between Tertiary basalt-andesite breccia and a Tertiary sequence of hypabyssal granites and granodiorites. Resource Associates of Alaska (1976) reported a one-foot-long channel sample assayed 103 ppm Ag, 20,000 ppm Cu, 107 ppm Mo, 17,000 ppm Pb, and 2,000 ppm Zn.

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Best chance for significant deposits in this area is along the contact of basalt-andesite with granite (Resource Associates of Alaska, 1976). Site is in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Unknown

Comment (Geology): Age = Tertiary or younger.

References

Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., and Reed, B.L., 1981, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in the Iliamna, Lake Clark, Lime Hills, and McGrath quadrangles, Alaska - Supplement to Open-File Report 76-485: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-1343-A, 25 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., and Reed, B.L., 1981, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in the Iliamna, Lake Clark, Lime Hills, and McGrath quadrangles, Alaska - Supplement to Open-File Report 76-485: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-1343-B, 20 p.

Reference (Deposit): Resource Associates of Alaska, Inc., 1976, Geology and geochemistry of certain land within the Lake Clark National Park: Contract report for U.S. Bureau of Mines, 109 p.

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