The Louie's Corners is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Louie's Corners MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Louie's Corners
Commodity
Primary: 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: Alteration consists of illite-sericite halos enveloping the veins.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Marcasite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Calcite
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = This site was investigated by Resource Associates of Alaska in 1981-82, and by Retherford and Hickok in 1990.
Comment (Geology): Age = Eocene or younger.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Retherford and Hickok, 1990
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = This occurrence consists of a series of northeast-trending sulfide-carbonate-chalcedony veins 150 to 300 feet apart that range up to 20 feet thick (Retherford and Hickok, 1990). The veins are thought to be controlled by a series of high-angle faults cutting andesite porphyry of the Eocene to Oligocene Meshik Formation. Alteration consists of illite-sericite halos bordering the veins. Eight rock-chip or channel samples contained 142 to 544 ppb gold.
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = This site is located on land patented by, or interim-conveyed to, the Bristol Bay Native Corporation.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Retherford, R.M. and Hickok, B.D., 1990, Metallogenic setting and gold potential of the Chignik and Iliamna regions, Alaska Peninsula: A report prepared by Alaska Earth Science for Western Gold Mining and Exploration Company, 28 p. (Report held by Alaska Earth Sciences, Anchorage, Alaska.)
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