Munzie Lode

The Munzie Lode is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Munzie Lode

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Fairbanks

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:
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Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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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

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Comments

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Menzie and Foster, 1979

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Menzie and Foster (1979) reported that the prospect was a lode claim from 1971 to 1977. The Alaska Division of Mining Kardex file system records active claims at the Munzie Lode as recent as 1984.

Comment (Production): Production Notes = There are no indications of production at the Munzie Lode.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The Munzie Lode is situated in the headwaters of Colorado Creek (BD012) which flows into the Chena River. Weber and others (1978) described the bedrock in the drainage as primarily upper-greenschist to lower amphibolite facies quartzite and schists with some marble, argillite and phyllite. A granodiorite to quartz monzonite pluton of Tertiary to Cretaceous age is north of the lode area. Locally, there is an extensive cover of windblown silt and sand that ranges from 0.1 to 50 meters in thickness. Menzie and Foster (1979) reported that the prospect was a lode claim from 1971 to 1977. The Alaska Division of Mining Kardex file system records active claims at the Munzie Lode as recent as 1984. There are no indications of production at the Munzie Lode.

References

Reference (Deposit): Foster, H.L., Albert, N.R.D., Griscom, Andrew, Hessin, T.D., Menzie, W.D., Turner, D.L, and Wilson, F.H., 1979, The Alaskan Mineral Resource Assessment Program: Background information to accompany folio of geologic and mineral resource maps of the Big Delta quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 783, 19 p.

Reference (Deposit): Menzie, W.D., and Foster, H.L., 1979, Metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral resource potential in the Big Delta quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-529D, 61 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Foster, H.L., O'Leary, R.M., McDanal, S.K., and Clark, A.L., 1978, Analyses of rock samples from the Big Delta quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-469, 125 p.

Reference (Deposit): Weber, F.R., Foster, H.L., Keith, T.E.C., Dusel-Bacon, C., 1978, Preliminary geologic map of the Big Delta quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-529A, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

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