Io

The Io is a zinc, lead, silver, and copper mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Io

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Chandalar

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

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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: Skarn Zn-Pb

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Calc-silicate.

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite

Comments

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The Io prospect is one of a number of skarn deposits in the Chandalar area. Newberry and others (1986) classified this prospect as a Pb-Zn-Ag-Cu skarn and group it with a number of similar prospects that are northwest of and related to the Devonian(?)granitic plutons in the Horace Mountains. Many of these skarns exhibit both garnet and pyroxene prograde and epidote and actinolite retrograde mineral assemblages, and Newberry and others (1986) stated their characteristics place them in the category of continental-margin, porphyry-related copper skarns. They also suggest that the Pb-Zn-rich skarns represent distal concentrations surrounding the porphyry systems in the district. Newberry and others (1997) classify the Io prospect as a calcic Zn-Pb skarn and replacement body. A hand specimen of skarn from Io contains epidote, chlorite, actinolite, pyrite, galena, sphalerite, and magnetite (Newberry and others, 1986). Analysis of this specimen returned values of 12.6 percent Pb, 8.5 percent Zn, 0.04 percent Cu and 83 ppm Ag. In a listing posted on the Ventures Resource Corporation (currently exploring Doyon, Limited lands in the area under an agreement with Doyon, Limited) website (1998, URL http://www.venturesresource.com/) the Io prospect is classified as a Cu-Au prospect, although no supporting data are shown. The prospect is in an area underlain principally by Devonian Skajit Limestone and Hunt Fork Shale (DeYoung, 1978).

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = See also: Deimos (CH061), Ginger (CH060), Hurricane-Diane (CH062), Venus (CH065), Pilgrim (CH099), Mike (CH100), Vicki (CH097), Cindy (CH098), and Evelyn Lee (CH059).

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Zn-Pb skarn deposits (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 18c)

Comment (Geology): Age = Devonian based on reported Early Devonian Pb/Pb zircon ages from the associated Baby Creek batholith and Horace Mountain plutons (Dillon and others, 1996).

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Newberry and others, 1986

References

Reference (Deposit): Newberry, R.J., Allegro, G.L., Cutler, S.E., Hagen-Levelle, D.D., Adams, D.D., Nicholson, L.C., Weglarz, T.B., Bakke, A.A., Clautice, K.H., Coulter, G.A., Ford, M.J., Myers, G.L., and Szumigala, D.J., 1997, Skarn deposits of Alaska, in Goldfarb, R.J., and Miller, L.D., eds., Mineral Deposits of Alaska: Economic Geology Monograph 9, p. 355-395.

Reference (Deposit): Newberry, R.J., Dillon, J.T., and Adams, D.D., 1986, Regionally metamorphosed calc-silicate-hosted deposits of the Brooks Range, northern Alaska: Economic Geology, v. 81, p. 1728-1752

Reference (Deposit): Ventures Resource Corporation, 1998, 1997 Annual Report and Website (Worldwide Web URL http://www.venturesresource.com/).
URL: http://www.venturesresource.com/

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