The Griffin is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Griffin MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Griffin
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Chromium
Secondary: Nickel
Location
State: Alaska
District: Tolovana
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Deposit stained green by weathering of disseminated sulfides.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chromite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pentlandite
Ore: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = In 1955, the workings on the property included a shaft filled with water, an adit and several pits and trenches (Saunders, 1955).
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Quartz veins associated with silica-carbonate-talc rock.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = This prospect consists of a massive, sulfide-bearing, green-stained silica-carbonate-talc rock veined by quartz ; samples contain as much as 3.9 ppm Au, 1,000 ppm Ni, and 1,000 ppm Cr (Foster, 1968, p. 2, 10-11). A fire assay of one sample showed 5.6 ppm Au (Foster, 1968, p. 10-11). The nature of the contact between pyritiferous metasedimentary country rock and silica-carbonate-talc rock is not known (Foster, 1968, p. 2).
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Foster, 1968
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Foster, R.L., 1968, Descriptions of the Ruth Creek, Lillian Creek, Griffin, Old Smoky, Sunshine No. 2, and Olive Creek lode prospects, Livengood District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 68-104, 21 p.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-413, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-819, 241 p.
Reference (Deposit): Foster, R.L. and Chapman, R.M., 1967, Locations and descriptions of lode prospects in the Livengood area, east-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 275, 5 p.
Reference (Deposit): Saunders, R.H., 1955, Report on the Griffen nickel prospect, Livengood quadrangle: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Prospect Evaluation 49-13, 3 p.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-633, 72 p.
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