Rod

The Rod is a mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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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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