Boxer River

The Boxer River is a lead mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Boxer River

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Alaska
District: Bering Sea

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

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: A pyrite gossan in volcanic rocks is present here and alteration is probably significant but it has not been described. The volcanic assemblage is commonly propylitically altered in the region (Patton and Csejtey, 1980).

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Stream sediment samples from this east tributary (Patton and Csejtey, 1972) indicate a polymetallic character to nearby mineralization. These stream sediment samples contain up to 150 ppm lead, 2 ppm silver, 50 ppm molybdenum, 700 ppm copper, and 30 ppm tin.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Geology): Age = Mid-Cretaceous - the age of K/Ar dated intrusive and volcanic rocks on western St. Lawrence Island (Patton and Csejtey, 1980). However, younger Late Cretaceous and Teritary igneous rocks are also present on the island (Patton and Csejtey, 1980) and the age of mineralization could be younger than mid-Cretaceous.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Polymetallic sulfide mineralization in altered volcanic rocks. Deposit model 22c (?); polymetallic veins

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = A Cretaceous volcanic assemblage of diverse lithologies and compositions makes up the bedrock in the Boxer River drainage (Patton and Csejtey, 1980). A pyrite gossan in volcanic rocks is mapped in the area between the first east tributary and the main drainage of Boxer River (Patton and Csejtey, 1971, p. C9, C12). Stream sediment samples from this east tributary (Patton and Csejtey, 1972) indicate a polymetallic character to nearby mineralization. These stream sediment samples contain up to 150 ppm lead, 2 ppm silver, 50 ppm molybdenum, 700 ppm copper, and 30 ppm tin.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Patton and Csejtey, 1971 (PP 684-C)

References

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Saint Lawrence quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-465, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1980, Summaries of data and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in fifteen quadrangles in southwestern and west-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-909, 103 p.

Reference (Deposit): Patton, W.W., Jr., and Csejtey, Bela, Jr., 1972, Analyses of stream sediment and rock samples from St. Lawrence Island, Alaska, 1966-1971: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-293, 78 p.

Reference (Deposit): Patton, W.W., Jr., and Csejtey, Bela, Jr., 1980, Geologic map of St. Lawrence Island, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigation Series Map I-1203, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Patton, W.W., Jr., and Csejtey, Bela, Jr., 1971, Preliminary geologic investigations of western St. Lawrence Island, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 684-C, p. C1-C15.

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