The Pirate Creek is a gold and silver mine located in Alaska.
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Pirate Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Pirate Creek
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Antimony
Location
State: Alaska
District: Valdez Creek
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
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: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Arsenopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Polymetallic veins (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c)
Comment (Exploration): Status = Active
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface workings only.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Unpublished report by Addwest Minerals International Ltd., 1997
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = the Pirate Creek claims group may overlap with either, or both, the Flaurier (HE036) and Jumbo (HE034) prospects.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The country rocks at the Pirate Creek prospect are Permo-Triassic argillite and graywacke. The deposit consists of quartz veins containing arsenopyrite and stibnite. The veins contain up to 0.03 ounce of gold per ton as determined from trench samples. The veins are subparallel, and adjacent to a northeast-trending splay of the Zigzag Creek fault, suggesting a genetic relationship (unpublished report by Addwest Minerals International Ltd., 1997). The Pirate Creek deposit contains stibnite, which distinguishes it from other deposits in the area.
Comment (Geology): Age = Probably Late Cretaceous (70 - 65 Ma) or younger (HE043).
References
Reference (Deposit): Unpublished report by Addwest Minerals International Ltd., 1997.
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