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Unnamed (southwest shore of Mitrofania Island)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic, Antimony
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10308221
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (southwest shore of Mitrofania Island)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -158.90143, 55.82327 (WGS84)
Relative position This site is on the southwest shore of Mitrofania Island about 0.6 mile southwest of the top of hill 1490. It is referred to as SBRX-43 in Wilson and others (1988, locality 17). The location is accurate to within 2,500 feet.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Stepovak Bay D-3 SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Mitrofania Island(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Stepovak Bay(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Arsenic Critical Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = This occurrence is in an area mapped as undivided Tertiary volcanic rocks (Wilson and others, 1995). Small plutons Miocene or Pliocene granodiorite to quartz diorite crop out a few miles to the north and south of the occurrence (Wilson and others, 1995). At this location altered andesite(?) flows are cut by numerous quartz-calcite veins as much as 6 inches thick (Wilson and others, 1988). Some of the veins are braided and contain pyrite and probably others sulfides. Rock samples collected by the U.S. Geological Survey were reported to be anomalous in silver, gold, lead, zinc, antimony, and arsenic (Angeloni and others, 1985; Wilson and others, 1988).
  • Age = Tertiary.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Alaska Peninsula

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Rock samples 84AGe17-20 and 83AWs 63 collected by the U.S. Geological Survey in the mid-1980's, were reported to be anomalous in silver, gold, lead, zinc, antimony, and arsenic (Angeloni and others, 1985; Wilson and others, 1988).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Angeloni, L.M., Wilson, F.H., and Sutlet, S., 1985, Map and tables showing preliminary rock geochemical data, Port Moller, Stepovak Bay, and Simeonof Island quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 85-470, 179 p., 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Arbogast, B.F., Bailey, E.A., and Frisken, J.G., 1987, Analytical results and sample locality maps of stream sediment, heavy-mineral-concentrate, and rock samples from the Port Moller, Stepovak Bay, and Simeonof island quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-502, 122 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

  • 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 = Wilson and others, 1988

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Polymetallic veins (Cox and singer, 1986; model 22c).
Deposit Other Comments = This site is located on land selected by the Bristol Bay Native Corporation.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-NOV-00 S.H. Pilcher U.S. Geological Survey

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