The Midway is a gold and silver mine located in Alaska.
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Midway MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Midway
Commodity
Primary: Gold
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Mercury
Secondary: Zinc
Location
State: Alaska
District: Alaska Peninsula
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Pyrite
Gangue: Chalcedony
Gangue: Jasper
Gangue: Zeolite
Comments
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Peterson and others, 1982
Comment (Geology): Age = Eocene or younger.
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = UNC Teton Exploration Drilling Company sampled the occurrence in 1982. Samples contained as much as 0.02 ppm gold, 15 ppm silver, 720 ppm zinc, 510 ppm arsenic, and 5 ppm mercury.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = This occurrence consists of several knobs of andesite breccia in an area 100 by 1,000 feet. The breccias contain pyrite, chalcedony, jasper, and zeolite. Samples of the breccia contained as much as 0.02 ppm gold, 15 ppm silver, 720 ppm zinc, 510 ppm arsenic, and 5 ppm mercury (Peterson and others, 1982). The andesite is part of the late Eocene to early Oligocene Popof volcanic rocks (Wilson and others, 1995).
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = The site is located on land patented by, or interim-conveyed to, the Aleut Corporation.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Epithermal gold vein
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Peterson, R.J., Lemmers, J., Handverger, P., Gallagher, J., Pilcher, R., East, J., Macleod, T., Bartels. E., 1982, Geology and precious metals potential Unga, Popof, and Korovin Islands, Shumagin Group, Aleutian Chain, Alaska: UNC Teton Exploration Drilling Company report, 127 p., 5 map sheets, various scales. (Report held by the Aleut Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska.)
Reference (Deposit): Wilson, F.H., White, W.H., and DuBois, G.D., 1988, Brief descriptions of mines, prospects, and mineral occurrences in the Port Moller and Stepovak Bay quadrangles, Alaska Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-666, 128 p., scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Wilson, F.H., Detterman, R.L., Miller, J. W., and Case, J.E., 1995, Geologic map of the Port Moller, Stepovak Bay, and Simeonof Island quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigation Series Map I-2272, 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000.
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