Glacier Creek Lode

The Glacier Creek Lode is a barium-barite mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 4,501 feet.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Glacier Creek Lode
Secondary: Palmer Barite
Secondary: M.V.P. 1-2
Secondary: Little Jarvis Glacier Lode
Secondary: May Group
Secondary: Steep Group
Secondary: Marmot Group

Commodity

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

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

Owner Name: Anaconda Co.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: New York
Info Year: 1979

Owner Name: Alyu Mining Corp.
Percent: 100.0
Home Office: Alaska
Info Year: 1979

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: M

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 (Deposit): AREA FIRST RECOGNIZED IN 1900. ACTIVE CLAIMS STAKED IN 1969, 1970, 1971 & 1974. 190 CLAIMS ACTIVE IN 1976. COMPOSED OF SULFIDE BEARING QUARTZ & BARITE VEINS IN LARGE ALTERED FAULT ZONE IN SCHIST & PHYLLITE. BARITE LODE EST. AT 30 FT BY ABOUT 1/2 MI AND GREATER THAN 1000 FT VERTICAL EXTENT (MACKEVETT, 1971). NUNATAK BA-AG ANOMALY TO SW MAY BE FAULT CONTROLLED EXTENSION OF GLACIER CREEK LODE. HYDROTHERMAL ORIGIN FOR THIS BA-AG-BASE METAL DEPOSIT POST- DATES REGIONAL METAMORPHISM. DEPOSIT LOCATED IN STRUCTURALLY FAVORABLE SITES & ASSOC. W/ QTZ.-DIORITIC INTRUSIVES. FURTHER EXPLORATION RECOMMENDED (CONWELL). NO WORKINGS, PRODUCTION OR ESTIMATED VALUES. ALYU LEASED CLAIM TO ANACONDA FOR FIVE YEARS. Four Glacier Creek occurrences consist of Main, Cap, Hanging Glacier, and Nunatak. These occurrences are geologically similar: they are hosted within the Glacier Creek sequence in marine basalts, andesites, and sediments and they are roughly strataform and consist of barite with varying amounts of sphalerite, galena, and chalcopyrite. MAIN: Large iron-stained zone with mineralization consists two lenses averaging 60% barite, 1.73% zinc, and and 60 ppm silver.

Comment (Production): VERBAL COMMO PHIL HOLDSWORTH AND D. CARNES ON JUNE 6, 1979

Comment (Ownership): OPERATOR ADDRESS: ANACONDA PRIMARY METALS DIVISION MINERAL RESOURCE GROUP 3201 C ST., SUITE 501 ANCHORAGE, ALASKA 99503 OWNER ADDRESS: ALYU MINING CORPORATION HAINES, ALASKA 99827

References

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 109-083

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): OF81-122

Reference (Deposit): MTA 82 No. F-1

Reference (Deposit): AMR 81-82 p. 18

Reference (Deposit): BMOF118-84

Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 109-004

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