Hog

The Hog is a silver and gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Hog

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Mercury
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Arsenic
Secondary: Copper

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: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Alteration locally is zoned outward from silicic to argillic to propylitic. The silicified zones contain quartz veins, amethystine quartz, chalcedony, massive quartz, and pyrite. Argillic minerals include montmorillonite, illite, and a green chloritic clay containing 1 to 10 percent pyrite (Peterson and others, 1982; 1983).

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Arsenopyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chalcedony

Comments

Comment (Geology): Age = Oligocene or younger.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Peterson and others, 1982; 1983

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

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = This prospect is in volcanic rocks of the late Oligocene to middle Miocene Unga Formation (Wilson and others, 1995). The rocks include volcanic flows, tuffs, ash-flow tuffs, volcaniclastic rocks, and hornblende porphyry. Anomalous gold and silver values have been traced in surface samples for more than 2,300 feet (Peterson and others, 1982; 1983). A northwest-trending mineralized breccia zone appears to have controlled high-grade ore shoots where it intersects northeast-trending structures. The host for the gold-silver mineralization is volcanic breccia. The breccia varies from fractured silica- veined rock to a polymictic breccia, that may in part be intrusive. The highest grade mineralization is associated with the polymictic breccia. The mineralization is accompanied by intense silicification and pyritization. Sparse amounts of arsenopyrite(?), chalcopyrite, galena, sphalerite, and tetrahedrite occur locally. The highest precious metal values were obtained from the discovery outcrop, where samples assayed 4.75 ppm gold and 268 ppm silver (Peterson and others, 1982; 1983). One drill hole intersected 33 feet of breccia containing 1.26 ppm gold and 11.7 ppm silver. This intersect includes 6 feet of breccia containing 2.38 ppm gold and 16.5 ppm silver. Several other holes cut rock having lower grade precious metal values. Surface exposures of other mineralized breccia returned values of as much as 4.69 ppm and 1.47 ppm gold.

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = In 1983 Unc Teton Exploration Drilling Company drilled six core holes for a total of 1,350 feet, cut 475 feet of trenches, ran 12,350 feet of VLF-EM surveys, collected more than 400 samples of various types for geochemical analysis, and did 20,000 feet of gridding. The U.S. Geological Survey collected a few samples of this deposit in the mid-1980's. Battle Mountain Exploration Company examined the prospect in 1986.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Epithermal gold veins

References

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.

Reference (Deposit): Angeloni, L.M., Wilson, F.H., and Sutlet, S., 1985, Map and tables showing preliminary rock geochemical data, Port Moller, Stepovak Bay, and Simeonof Island quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-470, 179 p., 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Peterson, R.J., Handverger, P., Rosenkrans, D., Bartels, E, and Woolston, D., 1983, Shumagin Islands precious metal exploration program southwest Alaska: UNC Teton Exploration Drilling Company report, 61 p. (Report held by the Aleut Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska.)

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): Peterson, R.J., Lemmers, J., Handverger, P., Gallagher, J., Pilcher, R., East, J., Macleod, T., Bartels. E., 1982, Geology and precious metals potential Unga, Popof, and Korovin Islands, Shumagin Group, Aleutian Chain, Alaska: UNC Teton Exploration Drilling Company report, 127 p., 5 map sheets, various scales. (Report held by the Aleut Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska.)

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