Baumann and Strickler

The Baumann and Strickler is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Baumann and Strickler

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Kodiak

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

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

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein, Chugach-type

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Vein Quartz Stained Rusty Color By The Oxidation Of Pyrite

Rocks

Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Name: Siltstone
Role: Host
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Site is on land conveyed to the Koniag Corporation

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = At this site a quartz-filled shear zone striking northwest and dipping northeast cuts Cretaceous metasedimentary rock. The quartz vein, ranging in thickness from 2 to 8 inches, carries pyrite and free gold and is bounded by 1 to 2 inches of reddish gouge on both its hanging and foot walls. A 6-inch dike paralleling the vein is present above the hanging wall gouge. The dike and vein show evidence of faulting after their emplacement. The vein has been traced for 200-300 feet by a few open cuts. Assays with high gold values were reported and in 1935 a small prospecting mill was installed and the ore that was milled reportedly yielded satisfactory returns.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Capps, 1937

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = In 1934 this vein was developed by a series of open cuts. It is reported that a small amount of ore was milled in 1935. No information is available concerning production and development since that time.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Chugach-type low-sulfide gold-quartz veins (Bliss, 1992; model 36a.1), turbidite-hosted gold vein.

Comment (Geology): Age = Cretaceous or younger

References

Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Afognak, Karluk, Kodiak, and Trinity Islands quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-860, 49 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Kodiak quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-460, 1 map 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): McGee, D.L., 1972, Kodiak Island and vicinity, Alaska, geology and mineral resources: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Open-File Report 31, 7 p., 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Capps, S.R., 1937, Kodiak and adjacent islands, Alaska, in Smith, P.S. and others, Mineral resources of Alaska, 1934: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 880, p. 111-184, 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000.

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