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Walrus Peak

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic, Copper, Mercury, Antimony
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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. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094103
MRDS ID A106049
Record type Site
Current site name Walrus Peak

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -162.84854, 54.9992 (WGS84)
Relative position 25 km southwest of Cold Bay (town), near Sand Cove Creek, 2.5 km northwest of Walrus Peak. Sec. 7, T. 60 S, R. 89 W. Extends into False Pass D3 1:63,360-scale quadrangle; see FP004 in False Pass quadrangle (Wilson, 1997).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Aleutians East(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

False Pass D-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

False Pass(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

False Pass(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cold Bay(hydrologic unit)

Aleutian Islands(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Alaska Peninsula 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
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Arsenic Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Mercury Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Tetrahedrite Ore
Barite Gangue
Quartz Gangue
Rhodonite Gangue
Scorodite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Silicification and argillic alteration of andesitic country rocks.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 154
USGS model code 25e
Deposit model name Epithermal quartz-alunite Au
Mark3 model number 38

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Intermediate Volcanic Rock > Andesite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -162.84854, 54.9992
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Color anomaly covering 23 square km, in brecciated, silicified, and argillically altered andesite of Morzhovoi volcano. Many different sulfide-rich veins and zones of mineralization. Fox vein system dominates, extends 6.4 km, trending N50xE.
  • Age = Quaternary

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Alaska Peninsula

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Geochemical sampling, and 1:1,200, 1:6,000 scale geologic mapping. Anomalous silver values (up to 100 ppm) in 44 of 133 samples; average 5.66 ppm. Anomalous gold in 58 of 133 samples, average 0.033 ppm, highest 0.36 ppm.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Trujillo, R.S., Tapper, C.J., Alvarez, T.J., Porterfield, Ben, and Toupe, W.M., 1982, Exploration and evaluation of precious metal potential of portions of Aleut Corporation lands, southwest Alaska 1982: Unpublished Resource Associates of Alaska report, 91 p, 33 mpas, various scales. (Report held by the Aleut Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska.)

  • Deposit

    Butherus, D.L, Gressitt, E.E., Pray, J., Corner, N.G., Lindberg, P.H., and Fankhauser, R.E., 1979, Exploration and evaluation of the Aleut Native Corporation lands; Volume III: Resource Associates of Alaska, 69 p. 90 sheets, various sacales. (Report held by the Aleut Native Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska.)

  • Deposit

    Butherus, D.L., White, D.C., Smith, W.H., Radford, Geoff, Sandberg, R.J., and Pray, J.C., 1981, Exploration and evaluation of the precious metal potential of portions of Aleut Native Corporation Lands, southwest Alaska, 1981: Unpublished Resource Associates of Alaska report prepared for NERCO, 33 p., 1 appendix . (Report held by the Aleut Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska.)

  • Deposit

    MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Trujillo and others, 1982

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Epithermal quartz-alunite gold

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 29-JUN-1988 Frederic Wilson U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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