Tom Tom

The Tom Tom is a copper mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Tom Tom
Secondary: Que Creek

Commodity

Primary: Copper

Location

State: Alaska
District: Shungnak?

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: Massive sulfide, kuroko

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian

Name: Schist
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Devonian

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Muscovite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Kuroko

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = area of Ambler sequence volcanogenic deposits. See also: Horse Creek (AR029), Smucker (AR033), and Arctic (AR025) deposits.

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Diamond drilling

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Hiitzman and others, 1982

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Massive and disseminated malachite in quartz muscovite schist for at least 825 ft. (275 m) along strike. This copper prospect is in the

Comment (Exploration): Status = Active

References

Reference (Deposit): Hitzman, M.W., Smith, T.E., and Proffett, J.M., Jr., 1982, Bedrock geology of the Ambler district, southwestern Brooks Range, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Geologic Report 75, 2 sheets.

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