The Aladdin is a zinc, copper, and lead mine located in Alaska.
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Aladdin MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Aladdin
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Tin
Location
State: Alaska
District: Kaiyuh
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
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Arsenopyrite
Ore: Scorodite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Exploration): Status = Probably inactive
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Flanigan, 1998
Comment (Geology): Age = Flanigan (1998) interprets the Aladdin deposit to be related to magmatic fluids from the Khotol pluton, based on its proximity to the pluton and its low molybdenum content . K-Ar and Ar/Ar dates for the Khotol pluton are approximately 110 Ma (Flanigan, 1998).
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The Aladdin prospect consists of quartz-arsenopyrite-scorodite veins up to 0.2 meter thick, and of breccia comprising centimeter-scale, rounded fragments of massive arsenopyrite in a siliceous matrix. The deposit is associated with biotite granite of the Khotol Pluton and with quartz-muscovite-chlorite schist; the mineralization is exposed in a 4- by 7- meter frost boil in the schist. The deposit is similar to the one at the nearby Honker prospect (NL018) (Flanigan, 1998). Eight grab samples contained up to 755 ppm copper, 430 ppm lead, 11 ppm zinc, 19.66% arsenic, 8.5 ppm silver, and 1285 ppb gold (Flanigan, 1998). The discovery samples also contained up to 185 ppm tin (M. Millholland, written commun., 2001). Flanigan (1998) interprets the Aladdin deposit to be related to magmatic fluids from the Khotol pluton, based on its proximity to the pluton and its low molybdenum content . K-Ar and Ar/Ar dates for the Khotol pluton are approximately 110 Ma (Flanigan, 1998). Also see NL012, 013, 015, 016, and 019-022.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Plutonic-related Cu-Pb-Zn vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c?)
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = This prospect was discovered by Anaconda Minerals Company in 1982 (Flanigan, 1998).
References
Reference (Deposit): Flanigan, B., 1998, Genesis and mineralization of ore deposits in the Illinois Creek region, West Central Alaska: University of Alaska, Fairbanks, M.Sc. thesis, 125 p., 2 plates.
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