Mohawk (Banner Peak)

The Mohawk (Banner Peak) is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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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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