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Moyle

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Gold
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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 10002654
MRDS ID A015094
Record type Site
Current site name Moyle
Related records 10185298

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -153.26246, 57.80941 (WGS84)
Relative position This prospect is located on the north side of Uganik Passage in sec. 25, T. 27 S., R. 25 W., of the Seward Meridian (Berg and Cobb, 1967, figure 15, locality 5; Cobb, 1972, MF 460, locality 7; McGee, 1972, locality 8; MacKevett and Holloway, 1977, locality 7). Site location is accurate to within 1/2 mile.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kodiak D-4 SW(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Kodiak NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kodiak(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz Rusty Colored From Oxidation Of Pyrite

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 274
USGS model code 36a.1
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein, Chugach-type
Mark3 model number 26

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Siltstone
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Cretaceous
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene

Nearby scientific data

(1) -153.26246, 57.80941
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = This prospect is at the contact of Tertiary granodiorite and Cretaceous metasedimentary rocks and consists of bunches and stringers of pyritic iron-stained quartz. The quartz exhibits no well-defined trend. Samples assayed in 1934 are said to have gold and silver values ranging from $7.60 to $11.67 per ton (Capps, 1937). No additional information is available since the original description by Capps.
  • Age = Tertiary

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Kodiak

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = By August of 1934 two adits at a lower level had been driven, one 6 feet long and one 10 feet long. A third adit , 50 feet above the others, was 18 feet in length. Only rock from the lower workings had gold and silver values of interest.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Capps, 1937

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Chugach-type low-sulfide gold-quartz vein (Bliss, 1992; model 36a.1), turbidite-hosted gold vein.
Deposit Other Comments = Site is located in Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 28-SEP-1998 S.H. Pilcher U.S. Geological Survey

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

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