The Rabbit Mountain is a zinc, lead, silver, and copper mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Silver, Copper
Lat, Long: 67.48, -142.30000
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Rabbit Mountain MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rabbit Mountain
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Thorium
Secondary: Uranium
Location
State: Alaska
District: Sheenjek
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Minor argillic alteration and silicification
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Polymetallic lodes (veins?) associated with rhyolite dikes
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = See MAS/MILS Sequence # 0020330008 (USBM, 1995)
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Rhyolite dikes <100 feet (30.5 m) thick intrude argillite in a sequence of phyllite siltstone and quartzite. Small gossans occur in argillite; pyrite locally occurs in quartzite (Barker, 1981, p. 81).
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Barker (1981)
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Sedimentary rocks contain up to 26 ppm Ag, 2200 ppm Zn, 2% Cu and 1.5% Pb (Brosge and Reiser 1968). Small gossan yields 1100 ppm Cu, 11.2% Pb, 6700 ppm Zn, 115 ppm Ag, 1.8 ppm U and 7.5 ppm Th. Pyritic quartzite contains 68 ppm Cu, 610 ppm Pb, 390 ppm Zn. Soils contain <83 ppm Cu, 420 ppm Pb, 270 ppm Zn (Barker, 1981, p. 81-8).
References
Reference (Deposit): Grybeck, D.J., 1977, Known mineral deposits of the Brooks Range, Alaska: US Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-166C, 41 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.
Reference (Deposit): Brosgi, W.R., and Reiser, H.N., 1968, Geochemical maps of granitic rocks, Coleen and Table Mountain quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 323, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Barker, J.C., and Clautice, K.H., 1978, Mineral reconnaissance of the Porcupine River region: a summary report: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 87-78, 20 p.
Reference (Deposit): Barker, J.C., 1981, Mineral investigations in the Porcupine River drainage, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 27-81, 189 p., 2 sheets.
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