Apollo Mountain

The Apollo Mountain is a copper and gold mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Apollo Mountain

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Alaska Peninsula

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

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Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Some evaluation work may have been done by UNC Teton Exploration Drilling Company for the Aleut Corporation in 1979, 1981, and 1982 (Wilson and others, 1988). Grab samples contained as much as 0.23 ppm gold and 10 ppm silver. Base metal values were low.

Comment (Geology): Age = Eocene or younger.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Wilson and others, 1988

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Epithermal gold veins

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

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = This occurrence consists of quartz veins less than 12 inches thick that crop out discontinuously along stike for 2,500 feet. It also includes a knoblike, 100- by 1,000-foot area of brecciated and silicified andesite containing numerous quartz-filled vugs and limonitic shears. The vein system cuts rocks mapped as Popof volcanic rocks of late Eocene to early Oligocene age (Wilson and others, 1995). Grab samples of the quartz contained as much as 0.23 ppm gold and 10 ppm silver (Wilson and others, 1988). Base metal values are low.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1973, Alaska 1:250,000-scale quadrangle map overlays showing mineral deposit locations, principal minerals, and number and type of claims: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 20-73, 95 overlays (updated in 1986, 1987).

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.)

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., 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.

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