Unnamed (on western Tigalda Island)

The Unnamed (on western Tigalda Island) is a gold and silver mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed (on western Tigalda Island)

Commodity

Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Zinc

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: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Epithermal vein, Creede

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Country rocks are propylitized, pyritized, and locally argillized.

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Calcite

Comments

Comment (Geology): Age = Tertiary.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Epithermal gold veins or Creede epithermal veins(?) (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 25b)

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = This site is on lands selected by the Aleut Native Corporation.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = This occurrence consists of several color anomalies along a northwest-trending fault which crosses the island between Derkin and Kelp Bays. Rocks in these areas are mostly Tertiary andesites and dacite porphyries which have been intruded by diorite 'bodies' and basalt dikes (Butherus and others, 1979). Within the color anomalies the andesite and diorite are fractured, pyritized, and moderately argillically altered. Quartz-calcite veins, some up to 2 feet thick, are common in the altered and fractured areas. A sample of quartz-calcite vein material collected by Resource Associates of Alaska contained values of up to 85 ppm copper, 1.2 ppm gold, 96 ppm lead, 18.1 ppm silver, and 176 ppm zinc (Butherus and others, 1979). They also reported values to 8700 ppm arsenic, 250 ppm copper, and 7 ppm mercury from an unknown location on the south side of the island. Kennecott collected 15 samples of vein material in 1985 (Simpson, 1986). They reported gold in quantities up to 4.6 ppm.

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Sampling by Resource Associates of Alaska of one vein returned metal values of 85 ppm copper, 1.2 ppm gold, 96 ppm lead, 18.1 ppm silver, and 176 ppm zinc (Butherus and others, 1979). Kennecott collected 15 samples of vein material and reported gold values up to 4.6 ppm (Simpson, 1986).

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Butherus and others, 1979

References

Reference (Deposit): Simpson, D.F., 1986, Aleutian Islands project, 1985 final report: Kennecott Alaska Exploration Company, 54 p. (Report held by the Aleut Native Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska.)

Reference (Deposit): Butherus, D.L, Gressitt, E.E., Pray, J., Corner, N.G., Lindberg, P.H., and Fankhauser, R.E., 1979, Exploration and evaluation of the Aleut Native Corporation lands; Volume III: Resource Associates of Alaska, 69 p. 90 sheets, various sacales. (Report held by the Aleut Native Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska.)

Reference (Deposit): Randolph, D.B., 1990, Unalaska, 1990 final report: Battle Mountain Exploration Company, 72 p. (Report held by the Aleut Native Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska).

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