Unnamed (near Post River)

The Unnamed (near Post River) is a gold, arsenic, and zinc mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed (near Post River)

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Arsenic
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Antimony

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: Epithermal vein, Creede

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Strong silicification and ferricrete gossan.

Rocks

Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Eocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Antimony
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Bundtzen, Harris, and Gilbert, 1997

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The reporter found the mineralization during geologic mapping for the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys in 1988 (Bundtzen, Harris, and Gilbert, 1997). Two grab samples of sulfide-quartz stockwork contain up to 4,200 ppm arsenic, 360 ppb gold, 150 ppm antimony, and 2,100 ppm zinc.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Creede epithermal vein (?) (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 25b).

Comment (Geology): Age = Unknown; hosted in Eocene Terra Cotta Volcanic Field (Solie and others, 1991).

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = This unnamed occurrence consists of significant amounts of cross-cutting quartz-sulfide stringers and stockwork in dacite-andesite flows and tuffs of the Eocene Terra Cotta Volcanic Field (Bundtzen, Harris, and Gilbert, 1997). Individual veins range from 2 to 10 centimeters thick and contain 3 to 8 percent pyrite and a bladed Sb mineral - probably stibnite. An elongate, SE to NW-trending, 45 meter wide by 110 meter long area of hydrothermal alteration contains intense silicification of andesite and strong ferricrete gossan. About 10 percent of the area is a sulfide gossan. A northeast- trending fault breccia cuts off the sulfidized zone on the southeast; the northeast limit of the mineralized area is obscured by talus and a snow field (present in 1988). Two grab samples of sulfide-quartz stockwork contain up to 4,200 ppm arsenic, 360 ppb gold, 150 ppm antimony, and 2,100 ppm zinc (Bundtzen, Harris, and Gilbert, 1997).

References

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.

Reference (Deposit): Solie, D.N., Bundtzen, T.K., and Gilbert, W.G., 1991, K-Ar ages of igneous rocks in the McGrath quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Public Data File Report 160, 17 pages, one sheet, 1:250,000 scale.

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