Unnamed (north of upper Schist Creek)

The Unnamed (north of upper Schist Creek) is a molybdenum, copper, and silver mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed (north of upper Schist Creek)

Commodity

Primary: Molybdenum
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Alaska
District: Bonnifield

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Porphyry Cu-Mo

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Geology): Age = Probably Eocene-Oligocene.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Clark and Cobb, 1972

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = There has been surface exploration only.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Porphyry Cu-Mo(?) (Cox and Singer, 1986; 21a)

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The country rocks in the area of this occurrence are the Paleocene Cantwell Formation which consists of terrigenous sedimentary rocks, including a few thin coal beds, and Eocene-Oligocene granitic plutons that intrude the Cantwell (Wilson and others, 1998). The occurrence consists of unspecified copper, molybdenum and silver minerals in the granitic rocks (Clark and Cobb, 1972).

References

Reference (Deposit): Wilson, F.H., Dover, J.H., Bradley, D.C., Weber, F.R., Bundtzen, T.K., and Haeussler, P.J., 1998, Geologic map of central (interior) Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-133, 17 p., 2 sheetsm, scale 1:500,000.

Reference (Deposit): Clark, A.L., and Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Healy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-394, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

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