The Alaska Jupiter is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Alaska Jupiter MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Alaska Jupiter
Commodity
Primary: Gold
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: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Arsenopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Balen, 1990 (OFR 34-90)
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = There has only been surface sampling.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein(?) (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a)
Comment (Exploration): Status = Active?
Comment (Geology): Age = Probably Late Cretaceous or younger.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The country rocks at the Alaska Jupiter prospect include Upper Jurassic to Upper Triassic crystal tuff, argillite, graywacke and chert, and Upper Cretaceous (?) porphyry dikes. The rocks are cut by the Chulitna fault. The deposit is along the fault, and consists of quartz-arsenopyrite veins that cut both the bedded and intrusive rocks. Samples contain gold near the 5 ppb detection limits of the analysis (Balen, 1990: OFR 34-90).
References
Reference (Deposit): Balen, M.D., 1990, Geochemical sampling results from the Bureau of Mines Investigations in the Valdez Creek mining district, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 34-90, 218 p., 2 plates, scale 1:250,000.
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