Bear Pass

The Bear Pass is a zinc mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Bear Pass

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Cadmium
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Arsenic

Location

State: Alaska
District: McGrath

Land Status

Not available

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: Mississippi Valley, S.E. Missouri Pb-Zn

Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Early Devonian

Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Andrews and Rishel, 1982

Comment (Commodity): Gangue = Secondary carbonates

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The Bear Pass prospect was found by WGM Inc. and Patino Ltd. during the late 1970s while conducting base metal exploration on lands selected by Doyon Ltd. In both mineralized areas, gossan comprises about 5 percent of available float. A grab sample from an outcrop of solution breccia mineralization contains 4.38 percent zinc and 100 ppm cadmium. Clautice and others (1993) reports grab sample assays of 2.00 percent zinc, 276 ppm arsenic, and 32 ppm molybdenum.

Comment (Geology): Ore Material = Iron Oxides

Comment (Geology): Age = Host rock is Lower Devonian based on fossil control in 'Dda' unit. The age of mineralization is unknown.

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = See Starship (MD043), Spring Ridge (MD047), Beaver (MD048), and Bermuda (MD045) Mississippi Valley Type showings in Medfra quadrangle. The Bear Pass prospect is on land selected or conveyed to Doyon Ltd. For further information, contact Doyon Ltd. at 210 1st Ave., Fairbanks, Alaska, 99701.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Two zones of zinc-bearing, iron oxide gossan occur in areas of 150 feet by 60 feet (46 m by 18 m) and 150 feet by 40 feet (46 m by 12 m) on a prominant ridge top. Mineralization is hosted in a well-developed solution breccia of the Whirlwind Creek Formation of Dutro and Patton (1982); this is in unit 'Dda' of Andrews and Rishel (1982). Host rock is Lower Devonian based on fossil control in 'Dda' unit; age of mineralization is unknown. In both mineralized areas, gossan comprises about 5 percent of available float. A grab sample from an outcrop of solution-breccia mineralization contains 4.38 percent zinc and 100 ppm cadmium (Andrews and Rishel, 1982). Clautice and others (1993) reports grab sample assays of 2.00 percent zinc, 276 ppm arsenic, and 32 ppm molybdenum.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Southeast Missouri Pb-Zn (Cox and Singer, 1986; model no. 32a) or Mississippi Valley Type

References

Reference (Deposit): Andrews, Tom, and Rishel, John, 1982, Annual Report for 198, Reef Ridge I-to-XIII Project Areas, Kuskokwim Block, Alaska: Anchorage, Alaska, WGM Inc., Project Report 4, 45 pages, two sheets at 1:63,360 and 1:20,000 scales. (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): Schmidt, J.M., 1997, Shale-hosted Zn-Pb-Ag and barite deposits of Alaska, in Goldfarb, R.J., and Miller, L.D., eds., Mineral Deposits of Alaska, 1997: Economic Geology Monograph 9, p. 35-65.

Reference (Deposit): Patton, W.W., Jr., Moll, E.J., Dutro, J.T., Jr., Silberman, M.L., and Chapman, R.M., 1980, Preliminary geologic map of Medfra quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-811-A, 1 sheet, scale l:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Dutro, T.T. Jr., and Patton,W.W. Jr., 1982, New Paleozoic Formations in the northern Kuskokwim Mountains, west-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1529-H, p. H13-H22.

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