Black Mt Prospect

The Black Mt Prospect is a tin mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Black Mt Prospect

State:  Alaska

County:  na

Elevation:

Commodity: Tin

Lat, Long: 65.50528, -166.73750

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Black Mt Prospect MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Black Mt Prospect
Secondary: Willow Branch of Tozer Cr.
Secondary: Winkley Fault


Commodity

Primary: Tin
Secondary: Zinc


Location

State: Alaska


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
Discovery Year: 1967
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Type: R
Description: Core Of Normally-Faulted Domal Uplift

Type: L
Description: Winkley Fault; Mineralized Nw-Trending High-Angle Normal Fault


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Name: Granite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age in Years: 79.100000+-2.900000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Material Analyzed: Biotite
Age Young: Late Cretaceous


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Ore: Cassiterite
Ore: Marmatite
Gangue: Idocrase
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Fluorite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Garnet


Comments

Comment (Location): USGS PROF. PAPER 575-B, FIG. 1, P. B22. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Deposit): GARNET-RICH TACTITE ADJACENT TO ALTERED FAULT ZONE CONTAINS MARMATITE, PYRITE, AND ARSENOPYRITE IN GANGUE OF FLUORITE AND F. GRAINED SILICA; NEARBY QUARTZ-CASSITERITE VEINS IN SLATE.

Comment (Geology): FAULT-BOUNDED GRANITE STOCK INTRUDED INTO PRECAMBRIAN CARBONACEOUS METASEDIMENTARY ROCKS; ALTERED TO ANDALUSITE HORNFELS AT CONTACT; NEARBY PRECAMB. ARGILLACEOUS LIMESTONE REPLACED BY CALC-SILICATE MINERALS OVER WIDE AREAS.

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 PROF. PAPER 575-B, P. B21-B25.

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 7, LOC. 43.

Reference (Deposit): GSA BULL., V. 94, NO. 6, P. 769-771.

Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-426-12


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