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Chill

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Copper, Lead, Tin, 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. 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 10002176
MRDS ID A013073
Record type Site
Current site name Chill
Related records 10207846

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -153.05274, 61.48254 (WGS84)
Relative position This prospect area is in the eastern headwaters of a large, east tributary to the Chilligan River. The map site is at an elevation of about 4,200 feet at the toe of glacial moraine that covers much of the headwater drainage. It is in the NW 1/4 section 16, T 16 N, R 21 W, of the Seward Meridian. This is locality 16 of Cobb (1972 [MF 412]; 1976 [OF 76-485]) and localities 27 and 28 of Gamble and others (1989). The location is probably accurate to within one-half mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Lime Hills B-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Lime Hills SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Lime Hills(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Redoubt-Trading Bays(hydrologic unit)

Western Cook Inlet(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(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

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Tin Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Quartz Gangue
Tourmaline Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz-tourmaline veining and sulfide-rich replacement.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 53
USGS model code 17
Deposit model name Porphyry Cu
Mark3 model number 4
Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -153.05274, 61.48254
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Reed and Elliott (1970) reported several types of mineralization in this area, including: (1) tourmaline-chalcopyrite veins and fracture coatings in and near the contact zone between Tertiary monzonite-granite and country rock sandstone, (2) pyrite-arsenopyrite-chalcopyrite-galena-sphalerite veins in a fault zone that cuts granite, and (3) replacement of limestone by pyrite, pyrrhotite, as much as 5 percent chalcopyrite, and traces of galena. Mineralized float in the area includes (1) mafic rock with 30 percent chalcopyrite and pyrite, (2) tourmaline-quartz rock with 20 percent disseminated arsenopyrite, pyrite, and chalcopyrite, and (3) altered felsic rock with 3 percent disseminated pyrite and galena and limonite and malchite along fractures (Cobb and Reed, 1981). Samples of mineralized bedrock and float contained anomalous silver, copper, lead, tin, zinc, and traces of gold. The Chill claim group that was once located in this area covered a porphyry-type copper deposit and various sulfide-bearing veins. Samples from the general area contained up to 2.8 percent copper, 200 ppm silver, 25 ppm molybdenum, 3,250 ppm lead, 1,350 ppm zinc, and 0.2 ppm gold (Reed and Elliott, 1970; Cobb and Reed, 1981; Gamble and others, 1989). The country rocks are probably Mesozoic sedimentary rocks (Nokleberg and others, 1994) and the Tertiary granitic rocks are part of the Alaska-Aleutian Range batholith (Reed and Lanphere, 1973).
  • Age = Tertiary. Mineralization crosscuts Tertiary intrusive rocks or nearby, thermally metamorphosed sedimentary rocks.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Redoubt

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Reconnaissance surface observation and sampling has been completed in this area (Reed and Elliott, 1970).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Gamble and others, 1989

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Polymetallic veins and porphyry Cu (Cox and Singer, 1986, models 22c and 17)
Deposit Model Number = 17, 22c
Deposit Other Comments = This occurrence is within Lake Clark National Preserve.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-JUN-2001 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology
Reporter 10-JUN-2001 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

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