Hayes

The Hayes is a iron and copper mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Hayes

Commodity

Primary: Iron
Primary: Copper

Location

State: Alaska
District: Juneau (Skagway subdistrict)

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
Model Name: Skarn Fe

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Limestone partly altered to skarn (Herbert and Race, 1965).

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Magnetite

Comments

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Herbert and Race, 1965

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Very little information is available.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Skarn; disseminated, contact metasomatic (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 18d or 18b).

Comment (Geology): Age = The age is not well established but the deposit is probably Cretaceous based on the age of nearby intrusive rocks (Gilbert , 1988).

Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The following description is summarized from Herbert and Race, 1965. Rocks in the area are metasediments, including marble and gneiss, that strike northwesterly; there is also some east-west faulting. The prospect is located on a steep cliff at the head of a talus slope that contains float of magnetite in marble and chalcopyrite with hematite in an impure schistose marble that has been partially altered to skarn. The deposit is considered to be low-grade mineralization in metamorphic rocks close to an east-west fault. Only stream sediment sample values are reported. Copper values in the vicinity of the prospect do not exceed 90 ppm copper, but 3 samples to the south varied between 120 and 130 ppm copper. The age of the mineralization is not well established, but is probably Cretaceous based on the age of the nearby intrusive rocks (Gilbert , 1988).

References

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Skagway quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-424, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

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): Herbert, C.F., and Race, W.H., 1965, Geochemical investigations of selected areas in southeastern Alaska, 1964 and 1965: Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals Geochemical Report 6, 75 p., 4 sheets, scale 1:63,360.

Reference (Deposit): Herbert, C.F., and Race, W.H., 1964, Geochemical investigations of selected areas in southeastern Alaska, 1964: Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals Geochemical Report 1, 75 p.

Reference (Deposit): Brew, D.A., and Ford, A.B., 1985, Preliminary reconnaissance geologic map of the Juneau, Taku River, Atlin, and part of the Skagway 1:250,000 quadrangles, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-395, 23 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Gilbert, W.G., 1988, Preliminary geology and geochemistry of the north Chilkat Range: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigations 88-8, 2 sheets, scale 1:36,200.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Mt. Fairweather and Skagway quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-316, 123 p.

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