The Walrus Peak is a zinc, silver, gold, and lead mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Zinc, Silver, Gold, Lead
Lat, Long: 55.00001, -162.84611
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Walrus Peak MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Walrus Peak
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Arsenic
Secondary: Mercury
Location
State: Alaska
District: Alaska Peninsula
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification and argillic alteration of andesitic country rocks.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Barite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Rhodonite
Gangue: Scorodite
Comments
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Color anomaly covering 23 square km, in brecciated, silicified, and argillically altered andesite of Morzhovoi volcano. Many different sulfide-rich veins and zones of mineralization. Fox vein system dominates, extends 6.4 km, trending N50xE.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Trujillo and others, 1982
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Geochemical sampling, and 1:1,200, 1:6,000 scale geologic mapping. Anomalous silver values (up to 100 ppm) in 44 of 133 samples; average 5.66 ppm. Anomalous gold in 58 of 133 samples, average 0.033 ppm, highest 0.36 ppm.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Epithermal quartz-alunite gold
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary
References
Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.
Reference (Deposit): Butherus, D.L., White, D.C., Smith, W.H., Radford, Geoff, Sandberg, R.J., and Pray, J.C., 1981, Exploration and evaluation of the precious metal potential of portions of Aleut Native Corporation Lands, southwest Alaska, 1981: Unpublished Resource Associates of Alaska report prepared for NERCO, 33 p., 1 appendix . (Report held by the Aleut Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska.)
Reference (Deposit): Butherus, D.L, Gressitt, E.E., Pray, J., Corner, N.G., Lindberg, P.H., and Fankhauser, R.E., 1979, Exploration and evaluation of the Aleut Native Corporation lands; Volume III: Resource Associates of Alaska, 69 p. 90 sheets, various sacales. (Report held by the Aleut Native Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska.)
Reference (Deposit): Trujillo, R.S., Tapper, C.J., Alvarez, T.J., Porterfield, Ben, and Toupe, W.M., 1982, Exploration and evaluation of precious metal potential of portions of Aleut Corporation lands, southwest Alaska 1982: Unpublished Resource Associates of Alaska report, 91 p, 33 mpas, various scales. (Report held by the Aleut Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska.)
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