The Atshichlut Mountain Occurrence is a barium-barite, lead, zinc, gold, arsenic, silver, mercury, and molybdenum mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 2,799 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 2,799 Feet (853 Meters)
Commodity: Barium-Barite, Lead, Zinc, Gold, Arsenic, Silver, Mercury, Molybdenum
Lat, Long: 59.68944, -159.82583
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Atshichlut Mountain Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Atshichlut Mountain Occurrence
Commodity
Primary: Barium-Barite
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Gold
Primary: Arsenic
Primary: Silver
Primary: Mercury
Primary: Molybdenum
Location
State: Alaska
District: Bristol Bay Mining 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
Discovery Year: 1990
Discovery Method: Geophysical Anomaly
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Fe-Stained, Strongly Bleached, Hightly Silicified Argillite.
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Location): SITE SEVERAL KM SOUTH OF ATSHICHLUT MOUNTAIN, NEAR THE HEAD OF A STEEP, FE-STAINED DRAINAGE BASIN. ADMINISTRATIVE AREA: TOGIAK NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): GEOCHEMICAL ANOMALIES-DEBRIS FANS
Comment (Geology): ROCK SAMPLES COLLECTED FROM LARGE DEBRIS FANS WEST OF GRANITIC STOCK. DEBRIS FANS CONTAINED BLOCKS OF VOLCANIC SANDSTONE AND FE-STAINED STRONGLY BLEACHED, HIGHLY SILICIFIED ARGILLITE. MILKY QUARTZ VEINS, DISSEMINATED PYRITE, AND THIN PYRITE VEINLETS OCCUR WITHIN THE ARGILLITE.
Comment (Commodity): ANOMALOUS AG, AS, AU, BA, HG, MO, PB, AND ZN DETERMINED IN ALTERED SEDIMENTARY ROCKS AND ASSOCIATED QUARTZ VEINS.
References
Reference (Deposit): SLATUGHER, K.E. ET AL, 1991, ANALYTICAL RESULTS AND SAMPLE LOCALITY MAP OF ROCK SAMPLES FROM THE EASTERN GOODNEWS BAY QUAD, AK, USGS OPEN-FILE REPORT (IN PRESS).
Reference (Deposit): KILBURN, J.E., ET AL, 1991, MAP SHOWING AREAS OF POTENTIAL FOR MINERAL RESOURCES IN THE GOODNEWS BAY, HAGEMEISTER ISLAND, AND NUSHAGAK BAY QUADS, AK- USGS MF (IN PRESS).
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