The Unnamed (near VABM Way) is a copper mine located in Alaska.
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Unnamed (near VABM Way) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed (near VABM Way)
Commodity
Primary: Copper
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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Massive sulfide, Cyprus
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidation of copper mineral(s) to malachite.
Rocks
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Triassic
Age Old: Late Pennsylvanian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Comments
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Kaufman, 1964
Comment (Geology): Age = Sulfide minerals probably are syngenetic with their Triassic-Upper Pennsylvanian host rocks.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = This occurrence is close to a thrust separating a slice of Lower Permian? and Pennsylvanian andesitic volcanic rocks from Middle Triassic to Upper Pennsylvanian metasedimentary rocks. Numerous large diabasic and gabbroic dikes and sills occur throughout the area (Wilson and others, 1998). The occurrence consists of pyrite and chalcopyrite disseminated in the volcanic rocks, and of secondary malachite.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Cyprus massive sulfide (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 24a)
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface sampling only.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
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.
Reference (Deposit): Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.
Reference (Deposit): Kaufman, M.A., 1964, Geology and mineral deposits of the Denali-Maclaren River area, Alaska: Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals, Geologic Report 4, 15 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:105,000.
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.
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