Martha Lee

The Martha Lee is a silver, lead, gold, copper, and zinc mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Martha Lee

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc

Location

State: Alaska
District: Hyder

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

Form: SEE DEPOSIT DESCRIPTION COMMENTS

Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): FOUR CLAIMS STAKED IN 1965.

Comment (Deposit): THE COUNTRY ROCK IN THE AREA OF THIS SITE IS TRIASSIC TEXAS CREEK GRANODIORITE, WHICH UNDERLIES AND LOCALLY INTRUDES PELITIC METASEDIMENTARY AND SUBORDINATE ANDESITIC METAVOLCANIC STRATA OF THE JURASSIC OR OLDER MESOZOIC HAZELTON GROUP; THE EOCENE BOUNDARY GRANODIORITE, WHICH INTRUDES THE HAZELTON AND TEXAS CREEK ROCKS; AND STILL-YOUNGER TERTIARY LAMPROPHYRE DIKES, WHICH CUT ALL THE OTHER ROCKS (SMITH, 1973, 1977; KOCH, 1996). OTHER THAN THE COMMODITIES REPORTED ON A U.S. BUREAU OF MINES CLAIM MAP (U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1979), NO GEOLOGIC INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SITE WAS PUBLICLY KNOWN IN 1981.

Comment (Location): THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THIS UNVERIFIED MINERAL OCCURRENCE, KNOWN IN 1981 (ELLIOTT AND KOCH, 1981, P. 17, LOC. 68) ONLY FROM A U.S. BUREAU OF MINES CLAIM MAP (U.S. BUREAU OF MINES, 1978), IS AT THE WESTERN EDGE OF SECTION 26, AT THE SOUTHWEST FOOT OF MINERAL HILL. THE SITE IS AT AN ELEVATION OF JUST UNDER 200 FEET, AND ADJACENT TO THE ROAD ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF TEXAS CREEK. THE LOCATION IS PROBABLY ACCURATE WITHIN ABOUT A QUARTER OF A MILE.

References

Reference (Deposit): Elliott, R.L., and Koch, R. D., 1981, Mines, prospects, and selected metalliferous mineral occurrences in the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728-B, 23 p., 1 sheet, scales 1:250,000 and 1:63,360.

Reference (Deposit): Smith, J.G., 1973, A Tertiary lamprophyre dike province in southeastern Alaska: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 10, p. 408-420.

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.

Reference (Deposit): Smith, J.G., 1977, Geology of the Ketchikan D1 and Bradfield Canal A-1 quadrangles, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1425, 49 p.

Reference (Deposit): Koch, R. D., 1996, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728A, 35 p.,1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

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