Two Fox

The Two Fox is a silver and gold mine located in Alaska.

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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

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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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

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Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: The alteration here includes argillization, silicification, acid leaching, and pyritization.

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

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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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