The Unnamed (at head of Goat Hollow) is a copper, gold, and silver mine located in Alaska.
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Unnamed (at head of Goat Hollow) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed (at head of Goat Hollow)
Commodity
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
District: Juneau (Skagway subdistrict)
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
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Bornite
Comments
Comment (Geology): Age = If the deposit is related to intrusive rocks, the mineralization is Cretaceous or younger in age.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Still and others, 1991
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Still and others (1991) informally refer to this as the 'Goat Hollow' occurrence. They collected a sample from a chalcopyrite-bornite lens about 0.5 feet in width that contained 15.052 ppm gold, 54.2 ppm silver and, 21.8% copper. Other bedrock and float samples collected at this locality contained up to 0.72 ppm gold, 4.1 ppm silver, and 1.2% copper (samples F103 to F105 of sheet 1 and samples 766 to 771 of sheet 2 of Gilbert and others, 1991). Sample descriptions by Gilbert and others (1991) include foliated diorite and pyroxenite, diorite, monzodiorite, and ultramafic rock with feldspar veinlets. In the area of the anomalous samples, Gilbert and others (1987) have mapped a steep fault that strikes northwesterly and separates Cretaceous diorite and quartz diorite to the southwest from Cretaceous monzodiorite and quartz monzodiorite to the northeast. They consider the monzodiorite and quartz monzodiorite to be part of the compositionally zoned, Kashagnak pluton of Redman and others (1984), but believe the diorite and quartz diorite are older. It is unclear if the mineralization is related to the faulting or to a particular intrusive rock unit. If the deposit is related to the intrusives, the mineralization is Cretaceous or younger in age.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Gilbert, W.G., Burns, L.E., Redman, E.C., and Forbes, R.B., 1987, Preliminary bedrock geology and geochemistry of the Skagway B-3 Quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigations 87-2, 2 sheets, scale 1:36,200.
Reference (Deposit): Gilbert, W.G., Still, J.C., Burns, L.E., Wier, K.R., and Redman, E.C., 1991, Geochemistry of Haines-Klukwan-Porcupine area, southeastern Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigations 91-5, 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360, 75 p.
Reference (Deposit): Still, J.C., Hoekzema, R.B., Bundtzen, T.K., Gilbert, W.G., Wier, K.R., Burns, L.E., and Fechner, S.A., 1991, Economic geology of Haines-Klukwan-Porcupine area, southeastern Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigations 91-4, 156 p., 5 sheets, scale 1:63,360.
Reference (Deposit): Still, J.C., 1991, Bureau of Mines mineral investigations in the Juneau mining district, Alaska, 1984 - 1988, v. 2, Detailed mine, prospect, and mineral occurrence descriptions, section A, Haines-Klukwan-Porcupine subarea: U.S. Bureau of Mines of Mines Special Publication, 214 p.
Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., Robertson, E.C., and Winkler, G.R., 1974, Geology of the Skagway B-3 and B-4 quadrangles, southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 832, 33 p.
Reference (Deposit): Redman, E.C., Retherford, R.M., and Hickok, B.D., 1984, Geology and geochemistry of the Skagway B-2 Quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigations 84-31, 34 p., 4 sheets, scale 1:40,000.
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