The Unnamed (southwest of Mt. Wade) is a zinc and copper mine located in Alaska.
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Unnamed (southwest of Mt. Wade) MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Unnamed (southwest of Mt. Wade)
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
District: Yakutat
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
Not available
Orebody
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Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
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Comments
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Mineralized mafic extrusive ?, Volcanogenic ?
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = the site is in Tongass National Forest and appears to be open for mineral location. The occurrence is low-grade, but of possible interest as a possible volcanogenic occurrence in layered metavolcanic rocks.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = MacKevett and Plafker, 1970.
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface exposures only. MacKevett and Plafker (1970, table 1) reported 500 ppm copper and 1500 ppm zinc in sulfide-bearing amphibolite.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The occurrence consists of sulfide-bearing amphibolite in a foliated series of mica schist, metavolcanics, and marble of Paleozoic age (MacKevett and Plafker, 1970). The amphibolite contained 0.15 percent zinc, 500 ppm copper, and weakly anomalous amounts of cobalt, nickel, titanium, and vanadium.
Comment (Geology): Ore Material = Sulfides
References
Reference (Deposit): MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Plafker, G., 1970, Geochemical and geophysical reconnaissance of parts of the Yakutat and Mount St. Elias quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1312-L, 12 p.
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