Unnamed (east of Zachary Bay)

The Unnamed (east of Zachary Bay) is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed (east of Zachary Bay)

Commodity

Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Alaska Peninsula

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

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Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Christie (1974) describes the alteration as argillic, but provides no details.

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = This occurrence is in rocks mapped as Popof volcanic rocks of late Eocene to early Oligocene age (Wilson and others, 1995). It is described as an altered zone in Tertiary volcanic rocks by MacKevett and Holloway (1977). The occurrence may correspond to Christie's (1974) color anomaly 78, which he describes as being 3,000 feet in diameter and consisting of pyrite and minor pyrrhotite in fractured volcanic rocks. Gold is herein speculatively listed as a commondity, based on its occurrence elsewhere in the Popov volcanic rocks.

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = This site is located on land patented by, or interim-conveyed to, the Aleut Corporation.

Comment (Geology): Age = Eocene or younger.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Christie, 1974

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Christie (1974) made a brief examination and collected one silt sample. It did not contain anomalous amounts of any commodities.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): Wilson, F.H., Detterman, R.L., Miller, J. W., and Case, J.E., 1995, Geologic map of the Port Moller, Stepovak Bay, and Simeonof Island quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigation Series Map I-2272, 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Christie, J.S., 1974, Aleut-Quintana-Duval 1974 joint venture, final report: Unpublished Quintana Minerals Corporation report, 24 p., 3 appendices, 2 maps. (Report held by the Aleut Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska.)

Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

Reference (Deposit): Wilson, F.H., White, W.H., and DuBois, G.D., 1988, Brief descriptions of mines, prospects, and mineral occurrences in the Port Moller and Stepovak Bay quadrangles, Alaska Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-666, 128 p., scale 1:250,000.

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