Twin Lakes West

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002134
MRDS ID A013025
Record type Site
Current site name Twin Lakes West

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -153.83269, 60.67944 (WGS84)
Relative position SEE LOCATION COMMENTS

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Lake and Peninsula(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lake Clark C-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Lake Clark NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lake Clark(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Mulchatna River(hydrologic unit)

Nushagak River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Lake Clark National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • ABOUT 2.1 KM NORTH OF THE EASTERN ARM OF TWIN LAKES ON PEAK 5,280. THE 1.3 KM WIDE, OVAL-SHAPED OCCURRENCE EXTENDS APPROXIMATELY 7.3 KM S-SE ACROSS TWIN LAKES, TERMINATING NEAR PEAK 5,570. CORRESPONDS WITH LOCALITY 11 OF NELSON AND OTHERS (1985) AND LOCALITY 21 OF MACKEVETT AND HOLLOWAY (1977). SEC. 22, T. 7 N., R. 26 W., OF THE SEWARD MERIDIAN. LONGITUDE AND LATITUDE OF OCCURRENCE IS ACCURATE WITHIN 1,200 M.

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Hematite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) The Volcanic Rocks Have Undergone Epidote And Chlorite Alteration, Silicification, And Lesser Sericitization.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic) > Felsic Volcanic Rock > Rhyolite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -153.83269, 60.67944

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • THE VOLCANIC ROCKS THAT HOST THE MINERALIZATION HAVE POTASSIUM-ARGON AGES THAT RANGE FROM 56.2 TO 62.7 M.Y. (EAKINS AND OTHERS, 1978).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1976
Discoverer Research Associates Of Alaska, Inc.

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Bristol Bay

Comments on the production information

  • NO PRODUCTION

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • NO RESERVES

Comments on the workings information

  • NONE, OCCURRENCE ONLY

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit MINERALIZATION OCCURS AS FINE-GRAINED DISSEMINATIONS AND HAIRLINE FRACTURE FILLINGS OF PYRITE AND LESSER CHALCOPYRITE, SPHALERITE, AND GALENA IN SILICIFIED RHYOLITE AND RHYOLITE-DACITE VOLCANIC ROCKS AND BRECCIAS (NELSON AND OTHERS, 1983). RESOURCE ASSOCIATES OF ALASKA (1976) CONSIDERED THE SETTING AS A POSSIBLE VOLCANIC VENT CENTER. THESE ROCKS HAVE UNDERGONE EPIDOTE AND CHLORITE ALTERATION, SILICIFICATION, AND LESSER SERICITIZATION. THE VOLCANIC ROCKS HAVE POTASSIUM-ARGON AGES THAT RANGE FROM 56.2 TO 62.7 M.Y. (EAKINS AND OTHERS, 1978).
Deposit SITE IS IN LAKE CLARK NATIONAL PARK AND PRESERVE.
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 02-SEP-1994 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey PARSED OUT HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK TYPES, AGES, UNIT NAMES, AND UNIT AGES.
Updater 01-JUN-1998 Miller, M.L. (Bickerstaff, Damon P.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

Authoritative Alaska resources

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