The Mount Curtis is a silver and gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mount Curtis MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mount Curtis
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
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: Occurrence
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: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Jansons and others, 1984
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Only traces of gold and silver were found in the three grab samples, thus site has low mineral development potential (Jansons and others, 1984).
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = According to Jansons and others (1984), quartz veins can be found cutting massive metasandstone and slate of the Late Cretaceous Valdez Group. The veins are from 1 to 3 ft thick and contain minor pyrite and arsenopyrite. Only traces of gold and silver were found in the three grab samples.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Chugach-type low-sulfide Au-quartz veins (Bliss, 1992; model 36a.1 ?) or Epithermal Au vein ?
Comment (Geology): Age = Late Cretaceous or younger; veins cut massive metasandstones and slates 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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