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Disney

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Arsenic, Copper, Mercury, Lead, Zinc
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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 10308135
Record type Site
Current site name Disney

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -160.65341, 55.22723 (WGS84)
Relative position The Disney prospect is located on Unga Island, approximately 1.5 miles northeast of Acheredin Lake and 3 miles west of Baralof Bay (Wilson and others, 1988, locality 35). The map site is at an elevation of 700 feet, about 0.2 mile south-southeast of the center of sec. 22, T. 57 S., R. 75 W., of the Seward Meridian. The location is accurate to within 1,200 feet.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Aleutians East(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Port Moller A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Unga Island(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Port Moller(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

Unga Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Arsenic Critical Secondary
Copper Secondary
Mercury Secondary
Lead Secondary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Jasper Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) The tuffs exhibit argillization, chloritization, and local silicification.

Nearby scientific data

(1) -160.65341, 55.22723
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The Disney prospect consists of a siliceous knob 150 feet in diameter near a strong northeast-trending fault. Quartz and red jasper float are also present. The host rocks are andesite tuffs of the late Eocene to early Oligocene Popof volcanic rocks (Wilson and others,1995). The tuffs are argillized, chloritized, and locally silicified. Trenching exposed thin quartz and jasper veins as much as 2 feet thick. The highest precious metal values obtained in grab samples are 0.20 ppm gold and 18 ppm silver. Channel samples contained as much as 0.015 ppm gold (one sample only), 0.2 ppm silver, 171 ppm lead, 106 ppm zinc, 330 ppm arsenic, and 2.8 ppm mercury (Peterson and others, 1982).
  • Age = Eocene or younger.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Alaska Peninsula

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = In 1982 UNC Teton Exploration Drilling Company collected 26 grab and 35 channel samples, and dug 3 trenches totalling 175 feet long.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • 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.)

  • 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.

  • 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.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Peterson and others, 1982

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Epithermal gold vein
Deposit Other Comments = This site is located on land patented by, or interim-conveyed to, the Aleut Corporation.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-JAN-01 S.H. Pilcher U.S. Geological Survey

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