The Rod is a mine located in Alaska.
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Rod MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Rod
Secondary: LEA Creek
Commodity
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
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: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Model Name: Massive sulfide, kuroko (Phanerozoic)
Model Name: Massive sulfide, kuroko, (Precambrian)
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Also see HE122 and HE125.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = www.grayd.com, 1999
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Only preliminary surface sampling and hand-trenching has been conducted to date (1999).
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The country rocks at the Rod (LEA Creek) prospect are the Lower Mississippian to Middle Devonian Totatlanika Schist, composed predominantly of felsic and mafic metavolcanic and metavolcaniclastic rocks, pelitic schist, and minor marble (Wilson and others, 1998). The deposit consists of massive-sulfide lenses in schist (www.grayd.com, 1999). The lenses are mainly galena and sphalerite, accompanied by chlorite, quartz, and sericite.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Active
Comment (Geology): Age = Mineralization was probably syngenetic with the Lower Mississippian to Middle Devonian host rocks.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Kuroko massive sulfide (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 28a)
References
Reference (Deposit): www.grayd.com, 1999.
Reference (Deposit): Wilson, F.H., Dover, J.H., Bradley, D.C., Weber, F.R., Bundtzen, T.K., and Haeussler, P.J., 1998, Geologic map of central (interior) Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-133, 17 p., 2 sheetsm, scale 1:500,000.
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