Disney

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

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Site Name

Primary: Disney

Commodity

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

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

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The tuffs exhibit argillization, chloritization, and local silicification.

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Jasper

Comments

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = In 1982 UNC Teton Exploration Drilling Company collected 26 grab and 35 channel samples, and dug 3 trenches totalling 175 feet long.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The Disney prospect consists of a siliceous knob 150 feet in diameter near a strong northeast-trending fault. Quartz and red jasper float are also present. The host rocks are andesite tuffs of the late Eocene to early Oligocene Popof volcanic rocks (Wilson and others,1995). The tuffs are argillized, chloritized, and locally silicified. Trenching exposed thin quartz and jasper veins as much as 2 feet thick. The highest precious metal values obtained in grab samples are 0.20 ppm gold and 18 ppm silver. Channel samples contained as much as 0.015 ppm gold (one sample only), 0.2 ppm silver, 171 ppm lead, 106 ppm zinc, 330 ppm arsenic, and 2.8 ppm mercury (Peterson and others, 1982).

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

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Geology): Age = Eocene or younger.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Epithermal gold vein

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

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): 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): 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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