Unnamed (coast south of Apollo Mountain)

The Unnamed (coast south of Apollo Mountain) is a copper and zinc mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed (coast south of Apollo Mountain)

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Molybdenum
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: 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

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Volcanic rocks here exhibit argillic alteration.

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pyrite

Comments

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

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Christie, 1974

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The Aleut-Quintana-Duval joint venture examined and sampled this site in 1974 (Christie, 1974).

Comment (Geology): Age = Eocene or younger.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = This site represents a color anomaly that covers an area of 1 by 2 miles (Christie, 1974, anomaly 80). Within the anomaly Christie noted diorite and argillically altered volcanic rock containing as much as 20 percent disseminated pyrite. Samples of the volcanic rock contained as much as 0.01 ppm gold, 1.8 ppm silver, 48 ppm copper, 55 ppm zinc, and 1.6 ppm molybdenum. The rocks are mapped as the Eocene to Oligocene Popof volcanic rocks (Wilson and others, 1995).

References

Reference (Deposit): Christie, J.S., 1974, Aleut-Quintana-Duval 1974 joint venture, final report: Unpublished Quintana Minerals Corporation report, 24 p., 3 appendices, 2 maps.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

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