The Two Fox is a silver and gold mine located in Alaska.
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Two Fox MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Two Fox
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Arsenic
Secondary: Mercury
Location
State: Alaska
District: Aleutian Islands
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Hot-spring Au-Ag
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The alteration here includes argillization, silicification, acid leaching, and pyritization.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The Aleut-Quintana-Duval JV briefly examined this or a nearby area in 1974 (Christie, 1974). Battle Mountain Exploration sampled the area in 1989.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Hot-spring Au-Ag? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 25a)
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = This site is on land conveyed, patented, or selected by the Aleut Native Corporation.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = This geothermal area is described by Randolph and Ellis (1989) as being similar to ARDF number UK011 - Steeple Point. The rocks consist of waterlain tuffs and lahars of Quaternary age. The site contains numerous fumaroles and hot-springs and is marked by a 7,000 x 4000 foot color anomaly. It consists of acid-leached rocks and localized silica stockworks. Some of the fumarolic centers also display strong silicification and pyritization. Hot-spring centers exhibit silicification and calcedonic breccias. Combined metal values from 55 samples obtained here and at Steeple Point (ARDF number UK011) are up to >2000 ppm arsenic, 115 ppb gold, >5 ppm mercury, 11 ppm molybdenum, and 4.4 ppm silver.
Comment (Geology): Age = Quaternary.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Randolph and Ellis, 1989
References
Reference (Deposit): Randolph, D.B., and Ellis, W.T., 1989, Unalaska project, 1989 final report: Battle Mountain Exploration Company, Alaska District, 41 p., 5 appendices, 11 plates, various scales. (Report held by the Aleut Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska.)
Reference (Deposit): Christie, J.S., 1974, Aleut-Quintana-Duval 1974 joint venture, final report: Unpublished Quintana Minerals Corporation report, 24 p., 3 appendices, 2 maps. (Report held by the Aleut Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska.)
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