Unnamed (near Mount Seltat)

The Unnamed (near Mount Seltat) is a silver, zinc, lead, copper, and tungsten mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed (near Mount Seltat)

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Tungsten
Secondary: Gold

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

Model Name: Skarn Cu
Model Name: Skarn Zn-Pb

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Skarn.

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Magnetite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite

Comments

Comment (Geology): Age = Probably Cretaceous or Tertiary based on the age of intrusive rocks mapped to the east by Gilbert and others (1990).

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Very little information. Probably a skarn (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 18b or 18c).

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Ore minerals are found in talus piles along the north and south sides of a rugged ridge that extends to the east from Mount Seltat. The mineralized talus is probably derived from brown-black manganese-stained bands that crop out between elevations of 4,000 feet and 6,000 feet on the ridge. Gilbert and others (1991) and Still and others (1991) report that float and rubblecrop samples of skarn or massive sulfides contained up to 0.137 ppm gold, 173.1 ppm silver, 4.13% zinc, 8,400 ppm copper, 2.6% lead, and 1,285 ppm tungsten. Cretaceous to Tertiary intrusive rocks mapped to the east by Gilbert and others (1990) suggest a similar age for this mineralization and alteration.

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

Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive

References

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.

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): 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.

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