The Lupin is a gold and silver mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Lupin MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Lupin
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Mercury
Secondary: Arsenic
Secondary: Bismuth
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
Model Name: Hot-spring Au-Ag
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Narrow zones adjacent to the veins are bleached and argillized.
Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Arsenopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Exploration): Status = Active
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Polymetallic vein or hot-spring Ag-Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c, 25a)
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = See Bunkhouse (HE039).
Comment (Geology): Age = Late Cretaceous or younger (see HE043).
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Unpublished report by Addwest Minerals International Ltd., 1997
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Trenching and one drill hole have been completed at the prospect.
Comment (Deposit): Model Number = 22c, 25a
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The Lupin prospect is about 3,100 feet northeast of the Golden Zone mine (HE043). The country rocks at the prospect are faulted, Triassic redbed sedimentary rocks. The deposit consists of fault-controlled quartz veins containing arsenopyrite and chalcopyrite. The hostrocks adjacent to the veins are bleached and argillized (unpublished report by Addwest Minerals International Ltd., 1997). Drilling has identified sericitized dikes but their relation to the deposit is not clear. The Lupin deposit closely resembles the deposit at the Bunkhouse prospect (HE039).
References
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