Miners River No. 1

The Miners River No. 1 is a zinc, lead, copper, gold, arsenic, and silver mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Miners River No. 1

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Arsenic
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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Arsenopyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Jansons and others (1984) reported that three chip samples contain 1.6 to 4.1 ppm Ag and 26 ppm to 0.18 percent As. A selected grab sample contained 4.8 percent Zn, 1.7 percent Pb, 0.5 percent Cu, 55 ppm Ag, 1.7 ppm Au, and 16 percent As. Reportedly low potential for mineral development.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Jansons and others, 1984

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Polymetallic veins ? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c ? )

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Sandstone, siltstone, and mudstone of the Tertiary Orca Group are cut by a 450 ft mineralized zone that contains quartz and calcite veinlets. Float rocks found in general area contains sphalerite, galena, arsenopyrite, and chalcopyrite. Three chip samples contained 1.6 to 4.1 ppm Ag and 26 ppm to 0.18 percent As. Selected grab sample contained 4.8 percent Zn, 1.7 percent Pb, 0.5 percent Cu, 55 ppm Ag, 1.7 ppm Au, and 16 percent As (Jansons, 1984).

Comment (Production): Production Notes = No production.

Comment (Geology): Age = Paleocene or younger; mineralized zone cuts sandstones, siltstones, and mudstones of the Tertiary Orca 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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