The Top Dollar is a gold mine located in Alaska.
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Top Dollar MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Top Dollar
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Circle
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
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Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
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Mineral Deposit Model
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Orebody
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Structure
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Alterations
Alteration Text: Silicification, quartz-sericite, chlorite, and iron-oxides.
Rocks
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Analytical Data
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Materials
Ore: Arsenopyrite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Unpublished data, Spectrum Resources, Inc.
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface samples taken (D.D. Adams, written commun., 1998).
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The Top Dollar (TD) claims are situated in the Paleozoic metamorphic rocks intruded by Cretaceous to Tertiary granitic rocks that constitute part of the Yukon-Tanana Uplands metamorphic terrane. The region is transected by regional-scale, northeast-trending shear zones and northeast-trending mafic dikes. Gold mineralization has been observed in the form of gold-arsenopyrite-quartz veins and stockwork zones in host rocks consisting of massive, hornfelsed, micaceous quartzite and schist. The zones are near to the intrusive contact of the Cretaceous 'Two Bit' granite pluton, possibly in mineralized pendants above the pluton. Rock grab samples contain up to 14 ppm gold, highly anomalous arsenic and antimony, and variably anomalous bismuth and base metals (D.D. Adams, written commun., 1998).
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Gold-arsenopyrite veins in hornfels and schist.
Comment (Exploration): Status = Active
References
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