Paw Print

The Paw Print is a lead, copper, and zinc mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Paw Print

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Molybdenum

Location

State: Alaska
District: Kaiyuh

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

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Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Locally conspicuous iron-oxide alteration.

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = This occurrence was discovered by the Anaconda Mineral Company between 1980 and 1982 (Flanigan, 1998).

Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Plutonic-related Cu-Pb-Zn

Comment (Geology): Age = Flanigan (1998) suggests that the molybdenum content of this occurrence may link it to the Round Top quartz monzonite intrusive complex (NL011), which has been dated at approximately 75 Ma.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Flanigan, 1998

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The country rocks in the area of the Paw Print occurrence consist of Paleozoic to Proterozoic (?) schist and quartzite (Patton and Moll-Stalcup, 2000). The Paw Print occurrence is at the northeast end of a 4-kilometer-long, northeast-trending linear feature marked by anomalous metal values in silt and soil associated with iron-stained springs or seeps. The seeps and iron-stained streams mark a probable contact between graphitic quartzite and younger, unmetamorphosed mafic volcanic and intrusive rocks. Stream and soil samples contain up to 300 ppm copper, 420 ppm lead, 1645 ppm zinc, 120 ppm molybdenum, 2.1 ppm silver, 10 ppb gold, and more than 1000 ppm arsenic (Flanigan, 1998). Flanigan (1998) suggests that the molybdenum content of this occurrence may link it to the Round Top quartz monzonite intrusive complex (NL011), which has been dated at approximately 75 Ma. Also see NL002, 008, 010, and 011.

References

Reference (Deposit): Patton, W.W., Jr., and Moll-Stalcup, E.J., 2000, Geologic map of the Nulato quadrangle, west-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Investigation Map I-2677, 41 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Flanigan, B., 1998, Genesis and mineralization of ore deposits in the Illinois Creek region, West Central Alaska: University of Alaska, Fairbanks, M.Sc. thesis, 125 p., 2 plates.

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