Cloud

The Cloud is a silver and tin mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Cloud

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Tin
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Arsenic
Secondary: Bismuth
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Lead

Location

State: Alaska
District: Innoko

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: Sn-polymetallic vein

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Cassiterite
Ore: Arsenopyrite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Geology): Age = Age is judged to be Late Cretaceous-early Tertiary, based on dated, genetically related intrusives nearby (Bundtzen and Miller, 1997).

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = King and others, 1983

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The prospect area was discovered in 1983 by Duval Corporation while following up stream sediment anomaly data released by the U.S. Geological Survey (King and others, 1980; 1983; Patton and others, 1980). No specific assay data is available.

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = See Won - North (MD021), Won - South (MD024), Win (MD060), and Gemini (MD023) prospects.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The geologic description is sketchy and based on a brief industry report (Anaconda Minerals Company, written communication, 1984). The Cloud prospect is not as well documented as the Win (MD060), Won-North (MD021), Won-South (MD024), and Gemini (MD023) tin-silver prospects in the Medfra quadrangle. The Cloud prospect consists of quartz-tourmaline (cassiterite-arsenopyrite-complex Pb-Sb-Zn-Ag sulfosalt) veins in hornfels about 2,000 feet (600 m) from the contact with a small monzonite stock. Vein orientations and dimensions were not given. The hornfels is thermally altered Kuskokwim Group of Upper Cretaceous age (Patton and others, 1980). Age is judged to be Late Cretaceous-early Tertiary, based on dated, genetically related intrusives nearby (Bundtzen and Miller, 1997). No specific assay data is available for this summary.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Tin polymetallic vein (Cox and singer, 1986; model no. 20b)

Comment (Geology): Ore Material = Pb-Sb-Zn-Ag sulfosalts

References

Reference (Deposit): King, H.D., Tripp, R.B., O'Leary, R.M., and Cooley, E.F., 1983, Distribution and abundance of copper, lead, and zinc in nonmagnetic and moderately magnetic heavy-mineral- concentrate, minus-80-mesh stream-sediment, and ash of aquatic-bryophyte samples, Medfra quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-811-I, 6 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): King, H.D., Risoli, D.A., Cooley, E.F., O'Leary, R.M., Speckman, W.A., Speisman, D.L., and Galland, D.W., 1980, Final results and statistical summary of analyses of geochemical samples from the Medfra quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-811F, 134 pages.

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): Bundtzen, T.K., and Miller, M.L., 1997, Precious metals associated with Late Cretaceous-early Tertiary igneous rocks of southwestern Alaska, in Goldfarb, R.J., and Miller, L.D., eds., Economic Geology Monograph #9, Mineral Deposits of Alaska, p. 242-286.

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