Moghoweyik River

The Moghoweyik River is a molybdenum mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Moghoweyik River

Commodity

Primary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Alaska
District: Bering Sea

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

Model Name: Porphyry Mo, low-F

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Pyrite is apparently abundant and disseminated in the biotite quartz monzonite as well as accompanying molybdenite in veins. Pyrite oxidation is well-developed and other alteration is probably present although not described.

Rocks

Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 108.000000+-3.200000
Age Young: Early Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Molybdenite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Geology): Age = Mid-Cretaceous, the age of the host Sevuokuk pluton (108 +/- 3.2 Ma; Patton and Csejtey, 1980).

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Patton and Csejtey, 1971 (PP 684-C)

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Molybdenite mineralization here is in the Sevuokuk pluton, a mid-Cretaceous (108 +/- 3.2 Ma) composite body that includes biotite hornblende quartz monzonite and biotite quartz monzonite phases (Csejtey, Patton, and Miller, 1971; Patton and Csejtey, 1980). At this site, molybdenite occurs in thin veinlets cutting highly oxidized pyritiferous biotite quartz monzonite. The quartz monzonite is also cut by quartz veins and aplite dikes (Patton and Csejtey, 1971, p. C10). Three grab samples contained 7, 500, and 1,500 ppm molybdenum and 700, 150, and 15 ppm copper respectively (Patton and Csejtey, 1971. p. C8). A pan concentrate from the riverbed gravels at this locality contained 70 ppm molybdenum and 5,000 ppm tungsten (Patton and Csejtey, 1971, p. C10).

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Fracture fillings, veins, and disseminations of moyldenite in granitic rock. Deposit model 21b (?); porphyry Mo, low-F

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Three grab samples contained 7, 500, and 1,500 ppm molybdenum and 700, 150, and 15 ppm copper respectively (Patton and Csejtey, 1971. p. C8). A pan concentrate from the riverbed gravels at this locality contained 70 ppm molybdenum and 5,000 ppm tungsten (Patton and Csejtey, 1971, p. C10).

Comment (Geology): Age = Chron age is for Host Rock.

References

Reference (Deposit): Patton, W.W., Jr., and Csejtey, Bela, Jr., 1971, Preliminary geologic investigations of western St. Lawrence Island, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 684-C, p. C1-C15.

Reference (Deposit): Patton, W.W., Jr., and Csejtey, Bela, Jr., 1980, Geologic map of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigation Series Map I-1203, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Saint Lawrence quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-465, 1:250,000 scale.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1980, Summaries of data and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in fifteen quadrangles in southwestern and west-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-909, 103 p.

Reference (Deposit): Csejtey, Bela, Jr., Patton, W.W., Jr., and Miller, T.P., 1971, Cretaceous plutonic rocks of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, a preliminary report: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 750-D, p. D68-D76.

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