Kijik River

The Kijik River is a copper mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

Name: Kijik River

State: Alaska

County: na

Elevation:

Commodity: Copper

Lat, Long: 60.36, -154.32000

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Kijik River MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Kijik River
Secondary: Thompson
Secondary: Hi, Hi No. 2
Secondary: Kijik
Secondary: Gleason
Secondary: Joe Thompson

Commodity

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

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: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: Y

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Porphyry Cu
Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Extensive propylitic and silicic alteration of the dacite porphyry (Nokleberg and others, 1997).

Rocks

Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 62.700000+-
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Paleocene

Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 59.450000+-3.250000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Paleocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Arsenopyrite
Ore: Silver
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Rhodochrosite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Geology): Age = Chron age is for Host Rock.

Comment (Geology): Age = Tertiary or younger; potassium-argon ages for the host rock range from 56.2 to 62.7 m.y. indicating a Tertiary age for these rocks (Eakins and others, 1978).

Comment (Production): Production Notes = No production

Comment (Deposit): Reference point located near Thompson AG-PB-ZN claims. AU-MO occurrences nearby. Gleason Prospect (B542) assumed to be in the same area as the Thompson prospects.

Comment (Commodity): Ore Material = argentiferous galena

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Samples taken by Resource Associates of Alaska (1976) were anomalous in copper and silver. Grab samples contain up to 0.25 percent Cu and 0.17 percent Mo (Nokleberg and others, 1997).

Comment (Reserve-Resource): Reserves = Estimated reserves of 91 million tonnes (Nokleberg and others, 1997).

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Granodiorite stock and rhyolite (Nelson and others, 1983; unit Tv) cut by 0.64-2.54 cm thick N-S trending quartz-chalcopyrite and quartz-pyrite-arsenopyrite veins. Mineralization also disseminated in the rhyolite and granodiorite (Resource Associates of Alaska, 1976). Grab samples contain up to 0.25 percent Cu and 0.17 percent Mo (Nokleberg and others, 1997). Nokleberg and others (1997) describe the site as: a large area of dessiminated sulfides in, and adjacent to an early Tertiary dacite porphyry. Orange gossan covers over a 3 square kilometer area with extensive stockwork and zones of sericite and sulfides. The dacite porphyry has undergone extensive propylitic and silicic alteration. Potassium-argon ages for host rock range from 56.2 to 62.7 m.y. indicating a Tertiary age for these rocks (Eakins and others, 1978). ? Moxham and Nelson (1952) reported the 'Thompson silver-lead claims' occur near here and consist of arsenopyrite with a little galena (argentiferous?), chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and pyrite in a gangue of calcite and rhodochrosite. This mineralization was reported to occur in a 183 m wide shear zone in granitic rock (but authenticity unknown).

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Porphyry Cu or Polymetallic vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 17 or 22c)

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

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Older descriptions are of questionable reliability. Locality 4 of Cobb (1972) probably the same as locality 3 of MacKevett and Holloway (1977), the Thompson claims. Site is in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve.

References

Reference (Deposit): Eberlein, G.D., Chapman, R.M., Foster, H.L., and Gassaway, J.S., 1977, Map and table describing known metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral deposits in central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-168-D, 132 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

Reference (Deposit): MTA 82 No. D-47

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, Contract JO166108, 7 v.

Reference (Deposit): Eakins, G.R., 1970, Geology and geochemistry of Kontrashibuna Lake, Lake Clark region, southwestern Alaska: Alaska Division of Mines and Geology Geochemical Report 20, 34 p.
Pages: 5

Reference (Deposit): MTA 82 No. D-50

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): Nelson, W.H., King, H.D., Case, J.E., Tripp, R.B., Crim, W.D., and Cooley, E.F., 1985, Mineral resource map of the Lake Clark quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1114-B, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Ownership): Alaska Kardex 093-011

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; Part B, Lists of references to Januray 1, 1981: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-1343-B, 20 p.

Reference (Ownership): Alaska Kardex 093-002

Reference (Ownership): Alaska Kardex 093-010

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; Part A, Summaries to January 1, 1981: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-1343-A, 25 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Iliamna, Lake Clark, Lime Hills, and McGrath quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-485, 101 p.

Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S., 1942, Occurrences of molybdenum in Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 926-C, p. 161-210.
Pages: 190-191

Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S., 1915, Mineral resources of the Lake Clark-Iditarod region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 622-H, p. 247-271.
Pages: 257, 268

Reference (Deposit): Wedow, Helmuth, Jr., White, M.G. and Moxham, R.M., 1952, Interim report on an appraisal of the uranium possibilities of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 51, 123 p.
Pages: 76-77

Reference (Deposit): Smith, P.S., 1917, The Lake Clark-central Kuskokwim region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 655, 162 p.
Pages: 137, 153

Reference (Deposit): Moxham, R.M., and Nelson, A.E., 1952, Reconnaissance for radioactive deposits in the southern Cook Inlet region, Alaska, 1949: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 207, 7 p., 1 plate, scale 1:500,000.
Pages: 3-4

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral map of the Lake Clark quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-378, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Brooks, A.H., 1914, Mineral resources of Alaska in 1913: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 592, p. 340-341.

Reference (Deposit): Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.

Reference (Deposit): Brooks, A.H., 1913, Mineral resources of Alaska, report on progress of investigations in 1912: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 542, 308 p.

Reference (Deposit): Nokleberg, W.J., Bundtzen, T.K., Dawson, K.M., Eremin, R.A., Goryachev, N.A., Koch, R.D., Ratkin, V.V, Rozenblum, I.S., Shpikerman, V.I., Frolov, Y.F., Gorodinsky, M.E., Melnikov, V.D., Diggles, M.F., Ognyanov, N.V., Petrachenko, E.D., Petrochenko, R.I., Pozdeev, A.I., Ross, K.V., Wood, D.H., Grybeck, D., Khanchuck, A.I., Kovbas, L.I., Nekrasov, I.Y., and Sidorov, A.A., 1997, References for significant metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous lode mineral deposits and placer districts, and for metallogenesis of the Russian Far East, Alaska, and the Canadian Cordillera: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 96-513-B, 385 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): 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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