The Honolulu is a gold, copper, and silver mine located in Alaska.
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Honolulu MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Honolulu
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Copper
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Tin
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Alaska
District: Valdez Creek
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: Polymetallic veins
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Text: Extensive silicification and phyllic alteration.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): Age = The sulfide minerals are in altered Tertiary granite.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Balen and others, 1991
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Polymetallic veins (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c)
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The area of the Honolulu prospect is underlain by Lower Cretaceous to Upper Jurassic graywacke and argillite cut by Tertiary granites. The deposit is in highly altered granitic rock and consists of sulfide-rich quartz veinlets (Balen and others, 1991). The sulfide minerals are chalcopyrite, galena, and sphalerite. High tin assays suggest that cassiterite also is present. One channel sample collected across a 60-foot exposure of altered granite contained 1.09 ounce of silver per ton, 0.03 ounce of gold per ton, 1.5% copper, and 250 ppm tin. The highest grade samples contained 141 ounces of silver per ton, 0.05 ounce of gold per ton, 2.3% copper, 6.3% lead, 6% zinc, and 795 ppm tin (Balen, 1990: OFR 34-90; Balen and others, 1991).
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface workings, and two shallow Winkie holes drilled in the mid-1970's (unpublished report for the New Alaska Syndicate, 1976). One channel sample collected across a 60-foot exposure of altered granite contained 1.09 ounce of silver per ton, 0.03 ounce of gold per ton, 1.5% copper, and 250 ppm tin. The highest grade samples contained 141 ounces of silver per ton, 0.05 ounce of gold per ton, 2.3% copper, 6.3% lead, 6% zinc, and 795 ppm tin (Balen, 1990: OFR 34-90; Balen and others, 1991).
Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Balen, M.D., and others, 1991, Executive summary of the Bureau of Mines investigations in the Valdez Creek mining district, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Special Publication, 43 p.
Reference (Deposit): Cox, D.P., Light, T.D., Csejtey, Bela, Jr., and Campbell, D.L., 1989, Mineral resource assessment map of the Healy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map, MF-2058-A, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Balen, M.D., 1990, Geochemical sampling results from the Bureau of Mines Investigations in the Valdez Creek mining district, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 34-90, 218 p., 2 plates, scale 1:250,000.
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