The VABM Watana is a copper mine located in Alaska.
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VABM Watana MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: VABM Watana
Secondary: Unnamed (northeast of VABM Watana)
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Valdez Creek
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
Model Name: Porphyry Cu, skarn-related
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Analyses of selected rock samples yielded 3.0 ppm Ag, 0.02 ppm Au, 0.26% Cu (Balen, 1990).
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Balen, 1990
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Gold-quartz veins or porphyry-copper skarn? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a or 18a?)
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Mineralization of metavolcanic and metasedimentary rocks of Mesozoic (?) age, including marble which has been locally silicified. Interpreted as a skarn deposit.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Balen, M.D., 1990, Geochemical sampling results from the Bureau of Mines investigations in the Valdez Creek mining district, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 34-90, 218 p., 2 plates, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Kurtak, J.M., Southworth, D.D., Balen, M.D., and Clautice, K.H., 1992, Mineral investigations in the Valdez Creek mining district, south-central Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 1-92, 659 p., 2 plates, scale 1:250,000.
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