Arsine

The Arsine is a copper and molybdenum mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Arsine

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Arsenic

Location

State: Alaska
District: Chandalar

Land Status

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Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

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

Ore: Molybdenite

Comments

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Geology): Ore Material = Unspecified copper

Comment (Geology): Ore Material = an unspecified arsenic mineral

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Maas, 1987 (USBM OFR 10-87)

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Six claims located in 1975 by Oil Development Co. of Texas.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The property is near a thrust fault in lower Paleozoic metamorphic rocks between two masses of the Devonian(?) granitic Baby Creek batholith (DeYoung, 1978). No description of the occurrence is available. DeYoung (1978) noted that six claims were located in 1975 and listed the commodities of interest as Au and As. The U.S. Bureau of Mines, however, lists the commodities of interest as unspecified Cu and Mo sulfides and by-product As (Maas, 1987). As a Cu-Mo occurrence, the property is interesting because it is near the Geroe Creek porphyry prospect (CH053).

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Alaska Kardex No. 031-067 (Kardex is a card file mining claim information system located at the State of Alaska DNR Public Information Center in Fairbanks).

References

Reference (Deposit): Dillon, J.T., 1982, Source of lode and placer gold deposits of the Chandalar and upper Koyukuk Districts: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Open-File Report 158, 25 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Maas, K.M., 1987, Maps summarizing land availability for mineral exploration and development in northern Alaska, 1986: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 10-87, 33 quadrangle overlays.

Reference (Deposit): DeYoung, J.H., Jr., 1978, Mineral resources map of the Chandalar quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-878-B, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

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