Frozen Creek

The Frozen Creek is a copper and gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Frozen Creek

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Silver

Location

State: Alaska
District: McGrath

Land Status

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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: Porphyry Cu-Au

Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sericite and secondary biotite in pluton.

Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Magnetite

Comments

Comment (Exploration): Status = Active

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Porphyry Cu-Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; model no. 20c)

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = See Tarn (MD027), Pork Chop (MD031), Mystery Mt. East (MD028), and Copenhagen Hill (MD030) prospects. The Frozen Creek Prospect is on land selected or owned by Doyon Ltd. For additional information contact Doyon Ltd. at 210 1st Ave., Fairbanks, Alaska, 99701.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = DiMarchi and others, 1997

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The Frozen Creek prospect was found during regional exploration conducted by WGM Inc. in 1977 (Andrews, 1978). ACNC worked on the prospect from 1988 to 1990, and ASA Inc. continued work through 1997 (DiMarchi and others, 1997). During 1989-1991, American Copper and Nickel Inc. explored the area as a porphyry copper-gold target. ASA Inc. continued exploration work with the same target in mind during 1995 and 1996. Two grab samples reported by Clautice and others (1993) averaged 585 ppm copper and 2.1 ppm silver.

Comment (Geology): Age = the Frozen Creek prospect is inferred to be Late Cretaceous based on isotopic age of Mystery Mountains intrusive complex (Moll and others, 1981).

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The Frozen Creek prospect consists of a large zone of boron metasomatism in the eastern edge of the Mystery Mountains Pluton. It is the eastern-most porphyry-like prospect in a seven mile (11 km) long northeast-trending zone of similar prospects that cut across the central Mystery Mountains. The Frozen Creek prospect is inferred to be Late Cretaceous based on isotopic age of Mystery Mountains intrusive complex (Moll and others, 1981). A strong copper-gold soil anomaly was detected at Frozen Creek (DiMarchi and others, 1997), which is part of the core of Cu-Au anomalies that are surrounded by a lead-zinc mineral zonation. Disseminated chalcopyrite and pyrrhotite are found throughout a tourmaline-enriched monzonitic plutonic rocks; little mineralization is noted in host biotite hornfels. Malachite is locally abundant in hairline fractures in small intrusive bodies. The mineralized zone at Frozen Creek is at least 1,500 feet (457 m) in diameter. Two grab samples of mineralization collected by Clautice and others (1993) averaged 585 ppm copper and 2.1 ppm silver.

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): Clautice, K.H., Bowman, N.D., Clough, J.G., Gilbert, W.G., Kline, J.T., Smith, T.E., and Blodgett, R.B., 1993, Land selection Unit 8 (Kantishna River, Ruby, and Medfra quadrangles): References, lead isotope, geochemical and major oxide data: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 42 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Andrews, Tom, 1978, Summary of Progress, Doyon Project, Mystery Mountains, (Block 10): Anchorage, Alaska, WGM Inc., 24 pages (Held by Doyon Ltd., as proprietary report 78-42).

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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