The Candle-East is a copper, silver, and lead mine located in Alaska.
About the MRDS Data:
All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.
Mine Info
Candle-East MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Candle-East
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Secondary: 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: 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: Extensive ferricrete alteration.
Rocks
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 70.000000+-
Dating Method: K-Ar
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Goethite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Biotite
Comments
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Bundtzen and Laird, 1983
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Polymetallic vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c).
Comment (Geology): Age = Chronological age is for nearby Candle monzonite pluton.
Comment (Geology): Age = Unknown; inferred to be Late Cretaceous based on 70 Ma K-Ar age reported for nearby Candle monzonite pluton by Bundtzen and Laird (1983).
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The occurrence area has been used as road metal for local road construction and is fairly well exposed. Two chip channel samples taken across the strike of the mineralization contained up to 2.23 grams/tonne silver, 169 ppm copper, 130 ppm lead, and 246 ppm zinc.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The Candle-East occurrence consists of a densely concentrated zone of ferricrete-tourmaline veins and stockwork in a brecciated hornfels aureole adjacent to the Late Cretaceous, Candle volcanic-plutonic complex (Bundtzen and Laird, 1983). The zone trends northeast and dips steeply to both the southeast and northwest. The mineralization covers a 100 meter by 15 meter area. A trace of chalcopyrite was observed in one hand specimen. Two chip-channel samples taken across the strike of the mineralization contained up to 2.23 grams/tonne silver, 169 ppm copper, 130 ppm lead, and 246 ppm zinc.
References
Reference (Deposit): Bundtzen, T.K., and Laird, G.M., 1983, Geologic map of the McGrath D-6 quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Geologic Report 79, 1:63,360 scale.
Reference (Deposit): Wilson, F.H., Dover, J.H., Bradley, D.C., Weber, F.R., Bundtzen, T.K., and Haeussler, P.J., 1998, Geologic map of central (interior) Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-133, 17 p., 2 sheetsm, scale 1:500,000.
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