The Kanut River Occurrence is a silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Kanut River Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kanut River Occurrence
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Alaska
District: Koyukuk
Land Status
Land ownership: BLM Administrative Area
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.
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: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyritiferous Zone Extensively Oxidized To Limonite.
Rocks
Name: Rhyolite
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Paleocene
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: ZN: 3,000 PPM
Analytical Data: PB: 20,000 PPM
Analytical Data: AG: 30 PPM
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Location): USGS MF-387, LOC. 1. DEPOSIT IN A BLUFF ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE KANUTI RIVER, .5 MILES NNE OF 2,653 FT. HILL MARKED ON BETTLES (B-1). LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Deposit): GOSSAN ABOUT 100 YARDS LONG CONTAINS GALENA, SPHALERITE, AND PYRITE DISSEMINATED AS FINE GRAINS IN OXIDIZED AND SILICIFIED RHYOLITE. THE SPARCELY DISSEMINATED SULFIDES MAY REPRESENT LEAKAGE FROM AN UNDERLYING MORE EXTENSIVE MINERAL DEPOSIT. GALENA AND SPHALERITE GRAINS AS MUCH AS 5 MM LONG.
Comment (Geology): RHYOLITE IS COMPOSED OF TUFF AND TUFF BRECCIA AND IS EXPOSED OVER AN OVAL SHAPED AREA 3 MILES LONG BY 1 MILE WIDE. RHYOLITE RESTS ON AND PROBABLY INTRUDES CRETACEOUS BIOTITE QUARTZ MONZONITE OF THE KANUTI PLUTON. LOCATED NEARBY ARE SCATTERED ROOF PENDANTS OF HORNFELSIC SCHIST.
Comment (Deposit): EXAMINATION OF DEPOSIT WAS BRIEF, BECAUSE OF POOR EXPOSURE; EVALUATION OF ECONOMIC POTENTIAL WAS DIFFICULT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-387 (B-1), LOC. 1.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 1312-J, P. J8-J9.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 78-94, P. 14.
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