The Raygold is a zinc and lead mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Raygold MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Raygold
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Location
State: Alaska
District: Hyder
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: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: SEE DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION COMMENTS
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): THE COUNTRY ROCKS IN THE GENERAL AREA OF THIS REPORTED MINERAL OCCURRENCE ARE PELITIC METASEDIMENTARY AND SUBORDINATE ANDESITIC METAVOLCANIC STRATA OF THE JURASSIC OR OLDER MESOZOIC HAZELTON GROUP, WHICH IS UNDERLAIN AND LOCALLY INTRUDED BY THE TRIASSIC TEXAS CREEK GRANODIORITE (SMITH, 1977; KOCH, 1996). THERE IS NO OTHER PUBLICLY AVAILABLE GEOLOGIC INFORMATION ABOUT THIS OCCURRENCE.
Comment (Location): THIS POSSIBLE OCCURRENCE, KNOWN ONLY FROM A U.S. BUREAU OF MINES CLAIM MAP (U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1979), REPORTEDLY IS IN THE VICINITY OF THE TEXAS CREEK COMSTOCK DEPOSIT (BC037). IT IS APPROXIMATELY LOCATED IN SECTION 22 AT AN ELEVATION OF ABOUT 3700 FEET ON A MOUNTAINSIDE WEST OF FERGUSON GLACIER (ELLIOTT AND KOCH, 1981, P. 13, LOC. 38). THE LOCATION IS PROBABLY ACCURATE WITHIN ABOUT A HALF MILE.
References
Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1979, Claim map 118: Mines and prospects of the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 20-73, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
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