Ring

The Ring is a gold mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Ring
Secondary: Propalof

Commodity

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: Prospect
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

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Silicification.

Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = In 1990 Battle Mountain Exploration Company mapped the prospect, collected rock, soil, and power auger samples, cut three trenches for a total of 1,420 feet, and drilled three core holes for a total of 1,211 feet. One drill hole intersected 11 feet grading as high as 0.035 ounce of gold per ton.

Comment (Geology): Age = Eocene or younger.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Ellis and Apel, 1990

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Epithermal gold vein

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

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Anomalous gold and arsenic values in rocks and soils define two north-trending parallel zones 500 to 600 feet wide, several thousand feet long, and approximately 600 feet apart. Pyrite mineralization occurs in silicified breccia and fault zones. Gold values in the easternmost deposit (Propalof zone) reach 0.035 ounce per ton, and in the westernmost deposit (Ring vein) they reach 0.037 ounce per ton (Ellis and Apel, 1990). Three drill holes had scattered intervals grading 0.1 to 1.2 ppm gold. At a depth of 160 feet, a drill hole on the Propalof zone cut 109 feet grading 0.28 ppm gold (includes 11 feet grading 0.035 ounce per ton) in silicified and quartz-veined rock. The rocks at the prospect are part of the Eocene to Oligocene Popof volcanic rocks (Wilson and others, 1995).

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): Ellis, W.T., and Apel, R.A., 1990, Unga/Alaska Peninsula 1990 final report, Battle Mountain Exploration Company report, 49 p., 29 map sheets at various scales. (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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