Post Lake

The Post Lake is a cobalt, arsenic, copper, and nickel mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Post Lake

Commodity

Primary: Cobalt
Primary: Arsenic
Primary: Copper
Primary: Nickel
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Iron

Location

State: Alaska
District: McGrath

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

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Workings

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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: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Ferricrete oxidation of massive pyrrhotite zones is extensive and ubiquitous.

Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Arsenopyrite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Geological features are similar to Chip-Loy prospect (MG032) in McGrath A-3 quadrangle.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Geology): Age = Inferred to be Tertiary based on ages of plutonic suite in area (Solie and others, 1991).

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Bundtzen and others, 1988

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The Post Lake prospect consists of massive, sulfide veins and replacement zones that cut Ordovician to Lower Silurian shale of the Post River Formation, a unit of the Dillinger subterrane (Bundtzen and others, 1988; Bundtzen, Harris, and Gilbert, 1997). The mineralized area is about 122 meters south of the contact between the Post River Formation and a small quartz monzonite stock. A prospect map has been published by Bundtzen and others (1988). Most of the sulfide mineralization consists of massive pyrrhotite, and minor to sparse chalcopyrite and arsenopyrite. Sulfide masses vary from 0.5 to 2 meters in thickness and strike lengths of 20 to 80 meters. Most of the mineralization trends about N25W, parallel to the nearby Bowser Creek fault. . Bundtzen and others (1988) reported values as high as 570 ppm copper, 302 ppm zinc, 378 ppm arsenic, 139 ppm cobalt, and 637 ppm nickel. Five chip samples taken across the massive sulfides averaged about 33.5 percent iron. Elevated cobalt and nickel values occur in the massive pyrrhotite zones.

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Only surface sampling has been conducted. Bundtzen and others (1988) reported values as high as 570 ppm copper, 302 ppm zinc, 378 ppm arsenic, 139 ppm cobalt, and 637 ppm nickel. Five chip samples taken across the massive sulfide zones averaged about 33.5 percent iron. Elevated cobalt and nickel values occur in the massive pyrrhotite zones.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Polymetallic veins (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c).

References

Reference (Deposit): Bundtzen, T.K., Kline, J.T., Smith, T.E., and Albanese, M.D., 1988, Geology of the McGrath A-2 quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Professional Report 91, 18 p., 1sheet, scale 1:63,360.

Reference (Deposit): Bundtzen, T.K., Harris, E.E., and Gilbert, W.G., 1997, Geologic Map of the eastern McGrath quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigations 97-14, 34 pages, one sheet, scale 1:125,000.

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