Pass Lake West

The Pass Lake West is a silver and copper mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Pass Lake West

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Zinc

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

Model Name: Porphyry Cu-Mo

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Unknown

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Nelson and others, 1985

Comment (Geology): Age = Late Cretaceous or younger. Rocks of the quartz monzonite unit yielded a potassium-argon biotite age of 71.3 +/- 2.1 m.y. (Eakins and others, 1978). Potassium-argon ages for the rhyolite, unit Tv, range from 56.2 to 62.7 m.y. (Eakins and others, 1978)

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Site is in Lake Clark National Park and Preserve.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Porphyry Cu - Mo ? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 21a ?)

Comment (Reserve-Resource): Reserves = No reserves

Comment (Production): Production Notes = No production

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Weak geochemical anomalies associated with granite and rhyolite that may include breccia pipes. Granite is less fractured and iron-stained than rhyolite (Nelson and others, 1985).? the granite is part of the numerous, mostly quartz monzonite intrusive bodies found in the central part of the Lake Clark 1:250,000 scale quadrangle mapped and identified by Eakins and others (1978); (Nelson and others, 1983; unit TKi5). One of these plutons yielded a potassium-argon biotite age of 71.3 +/- 2.1 m.y. (Eakins and others, 1978). The rhyolite is part of unit Tv. Unit Tv is described by Nelson and others (1983) to include: rhyolitic breccia, ash-flow tuff, flows, and intrusive rocks and subordinate mafic to intermediate flows. 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).

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Unknown, although Resource Associates of Alaska (1976) completed a sampling program that identified the occurrence.

References

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.

Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

Reference (Deposit): Resource Associates of Alaska, Inc., 1976, Geology and geochemistry of certain land within the Lake Clark National Park: Contract report for U.S. Bureau of Mines, 109 p.

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