The Ptarmigan is a uranium mine located in Alaska.
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Ptarmigan MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Ptarmigan
Commodity
Primary: Uranium
Secondary: Semiprecious Gemstone
Location
State: Alaska
District: Aniak
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: Silicification.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Bundtzen and Laird, 1991
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Bundtzen and Laird (1991) report that a brecciated and quartz-flooded zone in hornfels contains small vugs lined with euhedral, even doubly terminated, amethyst crystals to 5 centimeters long. A sample of this material contained 38 ppm uranium. The hornfels is developed in Cretaceous clastic sedimentary rocks peripheral to the intrusive complex of the Russian Mountains (Bundtzen and Laird, 1991).
Comment (Geology): Age = Late Cretaceous or Tertiary. Veins post-date hornfels developed around the intrusive complex of the Russian Mountains. Quartz monzonite from this complex has yielded a K/Ar age of 70.3 +/- 2.1 Ma (Bundtzen and Laird, 1991).
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Silicified zone in hornfels
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Some small surface pits may be present.
References
Reference (Deposit): Bundzten, T.K., and Laird, G.M., 1991, Geology and mineral resources of the Russian Mission C-1 Quadrangle, southwest Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Professional Report 109, 24 p.
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