Aladdin

The Aladdin is a zinc, copper, and lead mine located in Alaska.

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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

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Workings

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Ownership

Not available

Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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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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