The Lagoon Creek is a gold and silver mine located in Alaska.
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Lagoon Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lagoon Creek
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
Model Name: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein, Chugach-type
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Arsenopyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Jansons and others, 1984
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Development limited to a 15 ft long adit. Jansons and others (1984) reported six samples contained up to 0.005 oz/ton Au and up to 0.05 oz/ton Ag, thus site has low potential for mineral development.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Chugach-type low-sulfide Au-quartz veins (Bliss, 1992; model 36a.1 ?) or Epithermal Au vein ?
Comment (Production): Production Notes = No reported production.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = According to Jansons and others (1984), quartz veins and stringers up to 1 ft wide are found in a well developed shear zone in hornelsed Late Cretaceous metasedimentary rocks of the Valdez Group. The zone is about 12 ft wide along the contact of a 50 ft felsic dike with the Valdez Group rocks. Disseminated grains and massive pods of pyrite, with lesser arsenopyrite and chalcopyrite present.? Six samples contained up to 0.005 oz/ton Au and up to 0.05 oz/ton Ag (Jansons and others, 1984).
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Age = Late Cretaceous or younger; shear zone cuts metasedimentary rocks 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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