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Rabbit Mountain

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Zinc, Thorium, Uranium
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10003332
MRDS ID A106076
Record type Site
Current site name Rabbit Mountain

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -142.30308, 67.47985 (WGS84)
Relative position Located a few hundred ft. (about 100 m) west of VABM 3081 on Rabbit Mtn. midway between locality 1 of Barker (1981, p. 25) and locality 2 of Barker and Clautice (1978, p. 14); located to within 2 mi (3.2 km).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Coleen B-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Coleen SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Coleen C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Thorium Secondary
Uranium Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Pyrite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Minor argillic alteration and silicification

Nearby scientific data

(1) -142.30308, 67.47985
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Rhyolite dikes <100 feet (30.5 m) thick intrude argillite in a sequence of phyllite siltstone and quartzite. Small gossans occur in argillite; pyrite locally occurs in quartzite (Barker, 1981, p. 81).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Sheenjek

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Sedimentary rocks contain up to 26 ppm Ag, 2200 ppm Zn, 2% Cu and 1.5% Pb (Brosge and Reiser 1968). Small gossan yields 1100 ppm Cu, 11.2% Pb, 6700 ppm Zn, 115 ppm Ag, 1.8 ppm U and 7.5 ppm Th. Pyritic quartzite contains 68 ppm Cu, 610 ppm Pb, 390 ppm Zn. Soils contain <83 ppm Cu, 420 ppm Pb, 270 ppm Zn (Barker, 1981, p. 81-8).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Barker (1981)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Polymetallic lodes (veins?) associated with rhyolite dikes
Deposit Other Comments = See MAS/MILS Sequence # 0020330008 (USBM, 1995)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-OCT-1992 J.M. Schmidt U.S. Geological Survey

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