The Mystery Mountains West is a zinc and lead mine located in Alaska.
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Mystery Mountains West MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mystery Mountains West
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
District: McGrath
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: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericite in dike rocks.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = See Ursus prospect (MD033).
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The Mystery Mountains West occurrence consists of galena, sphalerite, and quartz in hornfels, and locally in quartz-tourmaline breccias in hornfels. Altered dikes cut the hornfels on the property. The Mystery Mountains West occurrence represents an outer-most metallic lead-zinc zonation observed in the Mystery Mountains mineralized area, which is thought to be a large-scale copper porphyry system. Prospects more central to the core, which include the Copenhagen Hill, Mystery Mountains-East, Frozen Creek, and Tarn prospects (MD030, MD028, MD032, MD027) are representative of a copper-gold bearing core. The Ursus prospect (MD033), like the Mystery Mountains West mineralization, represents a southern, outer lead-zinc zone (DiMarchi and others, 1997). The Mystery Mountains West occurrence is inferred to be Late Cretaceous, based on isotopic ages of plutonic rocks in Mystery Mountains (Moll and others, 1981). No assay data was found for this summary.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Polymetallic vein deposits (Cox and Singer, 1986; model no. 22c)
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Mystery Mountains West is one of a number of prospects related to a large porphyry copper-gold target explored in the Mystery Mountains by WGM Inc., ACNC, and ASA Inc. from 1975 to 1997 (DiMarchi and others, 1997). No assay data was found for this summary.
Comment (Geology): Age = the Mystery Mountains West occurrence is inferred to be Late Cretaceous, based on isotopic ages of plutonic rocks in Mystery Mountains (Moll and others, 1981).
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = DiMarchi and others, 1997
References
Reference (Deposit): DiMarchi, J.J., and Frantz, P.S., 1997, Annual Report for 1997-Doyon Option Lands, Block 10: ASA Inc.-Montague Gold Joint Venture Report, Volume II: Unpublished report, 189 p. (Report held by Doyon, Limited, Fairbanks, Alaska.)
Reference (Deposit): Moll, E.J., Silberman, M.L., and Patton, W.W. Jr., 1981, Chemistry, mineralogy, and K-Ar ages of igneous and metamorphic rocks of the Medfra quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-811C, 15 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
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