The Asmyrahha is a zinc mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
Asmyrahha MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Asmyrahha
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
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: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Mississippi Valley, S.E. Missouri Pb-Zn
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Ferricrete oxidation at surface.
Rocks
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Silurian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Smithsonite
Gangue: Dolomite
Comments
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Age = Host rocks are Silurian; age of mineralization is unknown.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Andrews and Rishel, 1982
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Smithsonite-bearing rubble is exposed for 150 feet (45 m) of strike length in an old burn area. Host rock for the mineralization is a banded to micritic limestone that is probably equivalent to the Paradise Fork Formation of Dutro and Patton (1982); this is the 'Sic' unit of Andrews and Rishel (1982). The age of the mineralization is unknown. Smithsonite bearing carbonate units strike N 50 E and dip approximately 55 degrees South. Smithsonite mineralization is parallel to the strike of the limestone, but dips 15 degrees South along a low angle structure. Grab samples of the gossan contain up to 8.4 percent zinc with no appreciable lead. A trench cut at right angles to the strike of the ridgeline averaged 0.5 percent zinc and no lead across 10 feet (3 m).
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Southeast Missouri lead-zinc (Cox and Singer, 1986; model no. 32a) or Mississippi Valley Type
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The Asmyrahha prospect was discovered by WGM Inc. and Patino Ltd. during exploration for base metals in the late 1970s on lands selected by Doyon Ltd. (Andrews and Rishel, 1982). Grab samples of the gossan contain up to 8.4 percent zinc with no appreciable lead. A trench that was cut at right angles to the strike of the ridgeline averaged 0.5 percent zinc and no lead over 10 feet (3 m).
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = See Soda Creek (MD056), Midway (MD046), and Saddle (MD054) and other Mississippi Valley Type zinc-lead showings in the Medfra quadrangle. The Asmyrahha prospect is on land selected or conveyed to Doyon Ltd. For further information, contact Doyon Ltd. at 210 1st Ave., Fairbanks, Alaska, 99701.
References
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.
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): 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.
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