Upper Tazimina

The Upper Tazimina is a copper mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Upper Tazimina

State: Alaska

County: na

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 60.11, -153.91389

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Upper Tazimina MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Upper Tazimina

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc

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

Model Name: Skarn Cu

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Unknown

Rocks

Name: Andesite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Magnetite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Mineralization very sparse. Site is in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Occurrence is a very small area of strong epidote - quartz - magnetite - chalcopyrite veining within 0.9 m of the contact of Tertiary andesite porphyry breccia with fine-grained metasedimentary rocks. Resource Associates of Alaska (1976) report two rock samples taken near the metasediment-volcanic contact yielded values as high as 11.2 ppm Ag, 1,100 ppm Cu, 180 ppm Pb, and 680 ppm Zn. One nearby stream sediment sample showed slight anomaly (109 ppm Cu). However, these results could not be reproduced by Nelson and others (1985).

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Resource Associates of Alaska (1976) report two rock samples taken near the metasediment-volcanic contact yielded values as high as 11.2 ppm Ag, 1,100 ppm Cu, 180 ppm Pb, and 680 ppm Zn. One nearby stream sediment sample showed slight anomaly (109 ppm Cu). However, these results could not be reproduced by Nelson and others (1985).

Comment (Production): Production Notes = No production

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Nelson and others, 1985

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Cu skarn (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 18b)

Comment (Reserve-Resource): Reserves = No reserves

Comment (Geology): Age = Tertiary or younger, based on geologic relationships.

References

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.

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): 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.

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