The Unnamed (northwest of Mauneluk River) is a zinc, lead, copper, gold, and silver mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver
Lat, Long: 67.15, -155.86000
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Unnamed (northwest of Mauneluk River) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed (northwest of Mauneluk River)
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
District: Shungnak
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: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
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Comments
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Garland and others, 1975 (ADGGS OFR 64)
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = This occurrence consists of unspecified ore minerals in a thick sequence of low to medium grade, Paleozoic metamorphic rocks known as the 'Ambler schist belt' (Hitzman and others, 1986). Selected samples contain 2.5 ppm Au, 35 ppm Ag, 7250 ppm Cu, 1750 ppm Pb, and 1000 ppm Zn (Grybeck and Nelson, 1981). The Ambler schist belt locally hosts stratiform volcanogenic massive sulfide deposits, of which this occurrence may be an example.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Kuroko massive sulfide ? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 28a)
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Hitzman, M.W., Profett, J.M., Jr., Schmidt, J.M., and Smith, T.E., 1986, Geology and mineralization of the Ambler district, northwestern Alaska: Economic Geology, v. 81, p. 1592-1618.
Reference (Deposit): Grybeck, D.J., and Nelson, S.W., 1981, Mineral deposit map of the Survey Pass quadrangle, Brooks Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-1176-F, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Garland, R.E., Eakins, G.R., Trible, T.C., 1975, Geochemical analysis of rock and stream-sediment samples from Survey Pass C-5 quadrangle: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Open-File Report 64, 4 p, 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360.
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