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Gold Lake

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Lead, Antimony, Tungsten
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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. Host and associated rocks
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308485
Record type Site
Current site name Gold Lake

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -159.44276, 60.27932 (WGS84)
Relative position Frost (1990) and Frost and others (1992; 1993), reported mineralization approximately at this locality. It is about 1 mile east of Gold Creek, 4 miles north-northeast of Gold Lake, and 3 miles southwest of Kisaralik Lake. For this record, the map site is at an elevation of about 2,100 feet on the northwest end of a ridge, in the NW1/4 of section 12, T 2 N, R 59 W, of the Seward Meridian.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Dillingham(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bethel B-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bethel SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bethel(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Kuskokwim Delta(hydrologic unit)

Lower Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Lead Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary
Tungsten Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Galena Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type

Nearby scientific data

(1) -159.44276, 60.27932
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Oxidized pyrite-bearing rhyolite dikes and sulfide-bearing quartz veins cut Jurassic volcaniclastic rocks at this locality (Box and others, 1993). Anomalous values of Ag, As, Au, Cu, Hg, Mo, Pb, Sb, and W are found in quartz veins, altered dikes, and hydrothermal breccia (Frost, 1990; Frost and others, 1993). The maximum gold value is 2 ppm and the maximum silver value is 7 ppm. The dikes are variably replaced by sericite, illite, and quartz. Galena is the only sulfide mineral identified in the quartz veins.
  • Age = Late Cretaceous or Early Tertiary ; postdates Jurassic host rocks and is probably related to the Upper Cretaceous/Lower Tertiary suite of intermediate to felsic intrusive rocks in the region (Box and others, 1993).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Reconnaissance surface sampling and observation is all that has been reported for this locality.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Frost and others, 1990

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Polymetallic veins (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 24-MAR-2001 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

Beyond USGS

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