Cap Deposit

The Cap Deposit is a barium-barite, copper, lead, silver, zinc, and gold mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 3,901 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Cap Deposit

Commodity

Primary: Barium-Barite
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska

Land Status

Land ownership: Federal
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Type: Located Claim

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: Southeast Mining ? -C. C. Hawley
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1984

Owner Name: Alyu Mining Corp.
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1984

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1971
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Geology): CAP occurrence consists of an iron-stained zone capped by volcanics. Barite lenses occur in this zones. Pyrite, sphalerite, galena, and tetrahedrite occur with the barite. Samples collected contain up to 50% barite, 0.22% zinc, 0.33% lead, 277.7 silver, 1.371 ppm gold, and 100 ppm cobalt.

References

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 109-084

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 109-096

Reference (Deposit): OF406 pp. 2, 7

Reference (Deposit): PE109-6

Reference (Deposit): OF500

Reference (Deposit): MF424

Reference (Deposit): P832

Reference (Deposit): BMOF118-84

Reference (Deposit): AMR 81-82

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 109-004

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 109-083

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