Unnamed (head of Kuskokwim River)

The Unnamed (head of Kuskokwim River) is a zinc, molybdenum, copper, and gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed (head of Kuskokwim River)

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold

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: Porphyry W

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification.

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Arsenopyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Molybdenite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Ankerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

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 (Geology): Geologic Description = Reed and Elliott (1970) reported that quartz float at this locality includes cobbles containing (1) as much as 40 percent disseminated pyrrhotite and minor chalcopyrite, (2) less than 2 percent molybdenite, and (3) 1- to 3-mm- wide veinlets with less than 10 percent sphalerite and pyrite. Samples contained as much as 12 ppm gold (Reed and Elliott, 1970; Gamble and others, 1989). Quartz veins 1 mile to the east, near peak 6425, are as much as 6 inches wide and contain arsenopyrite, pyrite, chalcopyrite, pyrrhotite, and as much as 2.3 ppm gold (Resource Associates of Alaska, 1976). These occurrences are near the contact of Tertiary diorite and quartz monzonite stocks with Cretaceous sedimentary rocks.

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

Comment (Geology): Age = Tertiary. Quartz veins crosscut Tertiary intrusive rocks or nearby, thermally metamorphosed sedimentary rocks.

References

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): 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., 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): 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.

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