Lupin

The Lupin is a gold and silver mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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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

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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:
Significant:

Physiography

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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Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Unpublished report by Addwest Minerals International Ltd., 1997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 The hostrocks adjacent to the veins are bleached and argillized (unpublished report by Addwest Minerals International Ltd., 1997).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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