Unnamed (southwest of Red Mountain)

The Unnamed (southwest of Red Mountain) is a zinc mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed (southwest of Red Mountain)

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Cadmium
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Alaska
District: Juneau

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

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Hydrozincite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Smithsonite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The occurrence is in the Black Cap Limestone of Devonian age, near a granodiorite cupola of probable Cretaceous age (MacKevett and others, 1971, p. 55). Pyrite-rich pods and impregnations as much as 10 feet long and 1 foot diameter occur in the limestone.? A representative sample collected by MacKevett and others (1971, table 9) contained 7000 ppm zinc, 500 ppm lead, 70 ppm cadmium, 1.5 ppm silver and an anomalous amount (30 ppm) of molybdenum. At the site, white incrustations, either hydrozincite or smithsonite, occur as secondary minerals on the pyrite-rich mass. Sphalerite is assumed to be the primary zinc mineral. Lead is abundant enough so that galena could exist as the primary lead mineral.? the pods are too small and lean to be of significance, but they are probably distal phases of the igneous-affiliated mineral deposits of the area. The existence of anomalous quantities of molybdenum suggests a distal relation to nearby molybdenum deposits, as at the Nunatak (MF036).

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = MacKevett and others (1971, p. 55) thought that the deposits were too small to be of economic significance. The site is in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Distal sulfide-rich replacement pods in limestone.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = MacKevett and others, 1971

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = There are no workings. A sample of a partly oxidized sulfide pod in limestone exposed at the site contained 7000 ppm zinc, 500 ppm lead, 70 ppb cadmium, 30 ppm molybdenum and 1.5 ppm silver (MacKevett and others, 1971).

Comment (Geology): Age = Cretaceous or younger.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Mount Fairweather quadrangle, AK: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Study Map MF-436, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

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): Kimball, A.L., Still, J.C., and Rataj, J.L., 1978, Mineral resources, in Brew, D. A., and others, Mineral resources of the Glacier Bay National Monument wilderness study area, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-494, p. C1-C375.

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