The Gold-Quartz is a silver, zinc, lead, copper, and gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Silver, Zinc, Lead, Copper, Gold
Lat, Long: 62.73611, -144.00806
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Gold-Quartz MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Gold-Quartz
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Asbestos
Location
State: Alaska
District: Chistochina
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
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Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
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Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
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Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Gold
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Richter, 1964
Comment (Geology): Age = Emplaced subseqent to or is related to the border phase of the Pennsylvanian to Permian, Ahtell pluton.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = A quartz-carbonate vein occurs in Pennsylvanian volcanic rocks that trends N5-8W and dips 67 West. It occurs between a hanging wall of serpentinized basalt or gabbro with chrysotile-calcite veinlets, and a footwall of tuff(?). Both walls of the vein are brecciated and iron stained. Slickensides and clay gouge with fragments of vein material indicate post-mineralization movement. The vein varies from 3 to 5 feet thick and is composed of locally brecciated, milky quartz with pods of ankerite; sphalerite, and smaller amounts of chalcopyrite, galena, pyrite and precious metals. Samples of vein assayed up to 0.9 ounce of gold per ton and 0.76 ounce of silver per ton, (Richter, 1964, 1966). The volcanic host rocks are part of Pennsylvanian and Permian, Slana Spur Formation. The description is summarized from Richter, 1964, 1966; Cobb, 1979 [OF 79-1247]; and Nokleberg and others, 1994.
Comment (Commodity): Gangue = Carbonate
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Polymetallic vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c)
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = An adit driven on the vein in 1955 and 1956 encountered glacial material 55 feet from the portal.
References
Reference (Deposit): Nokleberg, W.J., and others, 1994, Metallogeny and major mineral deposits of Alaska and Metallogenic map of significant metalliferous lode deposits and placer districts of Alaska, in Plafker, G. and Berg, H.C., eds., The Geology of Alaska: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America: The Geology of North America, v. G1, p. 855-904 and v. G1, Plate 11, scale 1:2,500,000.
Reference (Deposit): Richter, D.H., and Matson, N.A., Jr., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Gulkana quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-419, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Richter, D.H., 1964, Geology and mineral deposits of the Ahtell Creek area, Slana District, south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Geologic Report 6, 17 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:31,680.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1979, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Gulkana quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-1247, 36 p.
Reference (Deposit): Richter, D.H., 1966, Geology of the Slana district on south-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Geological Report 2l, 36b p., 3 sheets, scale 1:63,360.
Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous and selected non-metalliferous mineral deposits in the eastern part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-A, 99 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.
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