Unnamed (head of Hartman River)

The Unnamed (head of Hartman River) is a copper mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed (head of Hartman River)

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: Alaska
District: McGrath

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: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Quartz veining.

Rocks

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

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Arsenopyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Geology): Age = Tertiary Mineralization crosscuts Upper Mesozoic sedimentary rocks. Polymetallic mineralization in this region is commonly associated with Tertiary granitic rocks.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Reed and Elliott, 1970

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Reconnaissance sampling has been completed in this area (Reed and Elliott, 1970).

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Polymetallic veins (Cox and Singer, 1986, model 22c)

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Reed and Elliott (1970) reported a 3-foot-wide quartz vein containing 10 percent arsenopyrite and lesser chalcopyrite, pyrite, and pyrrhotite in a shear zone cutting upper Mesozoic sedimentary rocks at this locality. In addition to base metal anomalies, samples contain up to 10 ppm silver and 0.1 ppm gold. This mineralized area is about a mile from a small Tertiary granitic intrusive.

References

Reference (Deposit): Reed, B.L., and Elliott, R.L., 1970, Reconnaissance geologic map, analyses of bedrock and stream sediment samples, and an aeromagnetic map of parts of the southern Alaska Range: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 70-217, 145 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000. (Also published as U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 413).

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Lime Hills quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-412, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

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

Reference (Deposit): Gamble, B.M., Bailey, E. A., and Reed, B. L., 1989, Gold occurrences near Snowcap Mountain, Lime Hills B-2 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-0646, 8 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.

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