Unnamed (west of Rendu Glacier)

Site Name

Primary: Unnamed (west of Rendu Glacier)

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Commodity

Primary: Tungsten
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Zinc

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Location

State: Alaska
District: Juneau (Skagway subdistrict)

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Land Status

Not available

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Holdings

Not available

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Workings

Not available

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Ownership

Not available

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Production

Not available

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

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Physiography

Not available

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Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic replacement
Model Name: Porphyry Cu, skarn-related

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Orebody

Not available

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Structure

Not available

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Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Skarn, tactite.

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Rocks

Not available

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Analytical Data

Not available

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Materials

Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Goethite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Augite

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Comments

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Geology): Age = Probably Cretaceous based on the age of the diorite that hosts this occurrence (Brew and others, 1978).

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Brew and others, 1978

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The following description is summarized from Brew and others (1978).?A massive-sulfide zone is located between a 5-foot-wide epidote-bearing diorite zone grading into white diorite to the south and a 10-foot-wide section of calc-silicate rock grading into marble to the north. The calc-silicate rock is predominately garnet, epidote, and diopside with thin sulfide and scheelite veins. The massive-sulfide zone consists of chalcopyrite, augite, goethite, pyrrhotite, scheelite, and sphalerite; the augite and scheelite is replaced by chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite. The mineralization probably formed as a result of metasomatic replacement of marble in a high temperature contact zone. The sulfide zone is 12 feet wide by 80 feet long. The average grade of two samples across the zone is 0.52% tungsten, 5% copper, 7 ounces of silver per ton, and 0.15 ounce of gold per ton. Four of seven grab samples from the 10-foot-wide calc-silicate zone contained from 159 to 11,000 ppm tungsten. Similar mineralization is present elsewhere in the vicinity of this occurrence, but access is limited because of the steep terrain. The mineralization is probably Cretaceous or younger in age, based on the age of the diorite that hosts this occurrence.

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = the deposit is within Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve where exploration and development is restricted.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Skarn, contact metasomatic (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 18a or 19a).

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References

Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., Brew, D.A., Hawley, C.C., Huff, L.C., and Smith, J.G., 1967, Mineral resources of Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 151, 176 p.

Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., Brew, D.A., Hawley, C.C., Huff, L.C., and Smith, J.G., 1971, Mineral resources of Glacier Bay National Monument, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 632, 90 p., 12 plates, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1981, Summaries of data and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in the Skagway quadrangle, Alaska, Supplement to Open-File Report 78-316, Part B in Lists of References to January 1, 1980: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-82-B, 10 p.

Reference (Deposit): Berg, H.C., 1984, Regional geologic summary, metallogenesis, and mineral resources of southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 84-572, 298 p., 1 plate, scale approx. 1:600,000.

Reference (Deposit): Brew, D.A., Johnson, B.R., Grybeck, D., Griscom, A., Barnes, D.F., Kimball, A.L., Still, J.C., and Rataj, J.L., 1978, Mineral resources of the Glacier Bay National Monument Wilderness Study Area, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-494, 670 p.

Reference (Deposit): Still, J.C., 1991, Bureau of Mines mineral investigations in the Juneau mining district, Alaska, 1984 - 1988, v. 2, Detailed mine, prospect, and mineral occurrence descriptions, section B, Glacier Bay subarea: U.S. Bureau of Mines of Mines Special Publication, 69 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1981, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in the Skagway quadrangle, Alaska; Supplement to Open-File Report 78-316; Part B, Lists of references to January 1, 1980: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-82-B, 10 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1981, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in the Skagway quadrangle, Alaska; Supplement to Open-File Report 78-316; Part A, Summaries of data to January 1, 1980: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-82-A, 11 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1981, Summaries of data and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in the Skagway quadrangle, Alaska, Supplement to Open-File Report 78-316, Part A in Summaries of data to January 1, 1980: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-82-A, 11 p.

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.

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