Unnamed (tributary to Trail Creek)

The Unnamed (tributary to Trail Creek) is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed (tributary to Trail Creek)

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Secondary: Arsenic
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Bismuth
Secondary: Boron-Borates
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Antimony

Location

State: Alaska
District: Bristol Bay Region

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: Silicification, clay alteration, and oxidation.

Rocks

Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Arsenopyrite
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Clay
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Tourmaline

Comments

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Geology): Age = Late Cretaceous. The mineralization is assumed to be related to the Upper Cretaceous granitic stock, which yielded a K/Ar age of 71.1 +/- 2.1 Ma on biotite (Hoare and Coonrad, 1978).

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Polymetallic veins (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c)

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = This occurrence is in hornfels near the contact of an Upper Cretaceous granitic stock (Hoare and Coonrad, 1978). Reconnaissance stream-sediment and pan concentrate samples from the area contain anomalous levels of several elements (Kilburn and Jones, 1992; Jones and Kilburn, 1992). Silicified hornfels contains disseminated pyrite and pyrite-, arsenopyrite-, and tourmaline-bearing quartz veins. Clay alteration and weakly disseminated pyrite characterize some iron-stained outcrops. Rock samples of altered and mineralized hornfels contain up to 0.28 ppm Ag, greater than 3,800 ppm As, 0.15 ppm Au, greater than 2,000 ppm B, 11 ppm Bi, greater than 5,000 ppm Mn, 5.4 ppm Sb, and 230 ppm Zn (Kilburn and others, 1992).

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Kilburn and others, 1992

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Only reconnaissance surface observations and sampling have been completed in the area.

References

Reference (Deposit): Hoare, J.M., and Coonrad, W.L., 1978, Geologic map of the Goodnews and Hagemeister Island quadrangles region, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-9-B, two sheets, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Kilburn, J.E., and Jones, J.L., 1992, Geochemical map showing the distribution of selected elements determined in stream-sediment samples from the Goodnews Bay, Hagemeister Island, and Nushagak Bay quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2355, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Jones, J.L., and Kilburn, J.E., 1992, Geochemical map showing the distribution of selected elements determined in heavy-mineral-concentrate samples from the Goodnews Bay, Hagemeister Island, and Nushagak Bay quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2186, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Kilburn, J., Box, S.E., Goldfarb, R.J., and Gray, J.E., 1992, Geochemically anomalous areas in the eastern Goodnews Bay quadrangle, southwest Alaska, in Bradley, D. C., and Ford, A. B., eds., The U.S. Geological Survey in Alaska, Accomplishments in 1990: U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1999, p. 156-162.

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