Iron Bridge

The Iron Bridge is a copper, gold, and silver mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Iron Bridge

Commodity

Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver

Location

State: Alaska
District: Juneau (Skagway subdistrict)

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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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

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Malachite

Comments

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = In the 1970's, Mr. Jones, a local prospector, prospected cuts in a newly built logging road. Shallow trenches and stockpiles of malachite-stained silicified rocks were discovered in this thickly overgrown area in 1988 (Still and others, 1991).

Comment (Geology): Age = Unknown. The mineralization may be related to Cretaceous to Tertiary plutonic bodies mapped to the east by Gilbert and others (1990).

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Still and others, 1991

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Too little information to assign a model type.

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = This prospect is immediately west of the Alaska, Chilkat Bald Eagle Preserve.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = This prospect consists of malachite-stained silicified rocks that occur in metamorphosed volcanic and sedimentary rocks (Still and others, 1991). Gilbert and others (1991) reported samples that contained up to 0.041 ppm gold, 5.6 ppm silver, and 2,960 ppm copper. There is very little information about this prospect. Mapping to the east by Gilbert and others (1990) suggests that the metamorphosed volcanic and sedimentary rocks described by Still and others (1991) are a roof pendant within Cretaceous to Tertiary intrusive rocks that are part of the Coast Range batholith.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive

References

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): 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): Gilbert, W.G., Clough, A.H., Burns, L.E., Kline, J.T., Redman, E.C., and Fogels, E.J., 1990, Reconnaissance geology and geochemistry of the northeast Skagway quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigations 90-5, 2 sheets, scale 1:125,000.

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