The Olson and Viette is a gold and silver mine located in Alaska.
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Olson and Viette MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Olson and Viette
Secondary: Dominick Ledge
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
District: Prince William Sound
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
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Jansons and others, 1984
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Explored by a 200 ft adit and some surface stripping. Jansons and others (1984) reported five chip samples contained up to 0.08 oz/ton Au and 0.02 oz/ton Ag. Low mineral development potential (Jansons and others, 1984).
Comment (Production): Production Notes = No reported production.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = According to Jansons and others (1984), quartz-calcite veins are found in a 43 inch wide shear zone cutting metasandstone and metasiltstone of the Late Cretaceous Valdez Group. The veins are up to 2 ft wide and contain pryite, chalcopyrite, sphalerite, and gold. Five chip samples contained up to 0.08 oz/ton Au and 0.02 oz/ton Ag.
Comment (Geology): Age = Late Cretaceous or younger; veins cut metasandstones and metasiltstones of the Late Cretaceous Valdez Group.
References
Reference (Deposit): Jansons, Uldis, Hoekzema, R.B., Kurtak, J.M., and Fechner, S.A., 1984, Mineral occurrences in the Chugach National Forest, Southcentral Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 5-84, 218 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
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