Link

The Link is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Link

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Alaska
District: Bristol Bay

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

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Unknown

Rocks

Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age in Years: 59.450000+-3.250000
Dating Method: K-Ar
Material Analyzed: Volcanic
Age Young: Tertiary

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Geology): Age = Potassium-argon ages for unit Tv range from 56.2 to 62.7 m.y. (Eakins and others, 1978) indicating a Tertiary age for the host rocks to the mineralization.

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Unknown

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Production): Production Notes = No production

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Bureau of Mines, 1995

Comment (Reserve-Resource): Reserves = No reserves

Comment (Geology): Age = Host rock is Tertiary.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Unknown

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = MAS/MILS sequence number 0020930009 (Bureau of Mines, 1995). Site is in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The only information is that the U.S. Bureau of Mines (1995) reported as a lode gold and silver deposit.? the bedrock in the vicinity of the occurrence is Tertiary volcanic rocks. The rocks of this unit include: rhyolitic breccia, ash-flow tuff, flows, and intrusive rocks and subordinate mafic to intermediate flows (Nelson and others, 1983, unit Tv). Potassium-argon ages for this unit (Tv) range from 56.2 to 62.7 m.y. indicating a Tertiary age for these rocks (Eakins and others, 1978).

References

Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1995, Spatial data extracted from the Minerals Availability System/Minerals Industry Location System (MAS/MILS): U.S. Bureau of Mines Special Publication 12-95, CD-ROM.

Reference (Deposit): Eakins, G.R., Gilbert W.G., and Buntzen, T.K., 1978, Preliminary bedrock geology and mineral resource potential of west-central Lake Clark quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Open-File Report 118, 15 p.

Reference (Deposit): Nelson, W.H., Carlson, C., and Case, J.E., 1983, Geologic map of the Lake Clark quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1114-A, scale 1:250,000.

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