The Mohawk (Banner Peak) is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Mohawk (Banner Peak) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Mohawk (Banner Peak)
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Nome
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: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Sulfidization of schist.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Arsenopyrite
Comments
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Shallow exploration pits at this prospect date from before 1920; reconnaissance work was done here in 1992 by Newmont Mining Company.
Comment (Geology): Age = Mid-Cretaceous or younger; superimposed on schist metamorphosed during the mid-Cretaceous.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = This report
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Low-sulfide Au-quartz veins? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a).
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The country rock at the Mohawk prospect is mainly graphitic schist and graphitic quartzite (Bundtzen and others, 1994). Shallow pits expose schist containing disseminated pyrite, arsenopyrite, and possibly pyrrhotite.
References
Reference (Deposit): Hummel, C.L., 1962, Preliminary geologic map of the Nome C-1 quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-247, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.
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