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Mak North

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Silver, Arsenic, Mercury
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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. 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 10003261
MRDS ID A106004
Record type Site
Current site name Mak North

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -166.65407, 53.94161 (WGS84)
Relative position Located approximately 2,500 m north of Makushin River on northernmost ridge between Broad and Wide Bays. Occurrence extends for at least 9,000 feet (2,800 m) in an east-west direction. Latitude and longitude is of central point of vein system.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Aleutians West(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Unalaska C-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Unalaska NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Unalaska SE(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Fox Islands(hydrologic unit)

Aleutian Islands(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge(National Wildlife Refuge)

National Wildlife Refuge FWS(Type of land area)

FWS(Federal land areas administered by FWS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Silver Primary
Arsenic Critical Secondary
Mercury Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Regional propylitic alteration; no apparent wall-rock alteration around vein.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 105
USGS model code 25a-d
Deposit model name Epithermal vein, generic
Mark3 model number 119

Nearby scientific data

(1) -166.65407, 53.94161
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Very similar to Makushin Valley (UN009) vein; in particular the east-west trending part of the Makushin Valley vein system. Quartz veins occur in propylitically altered porphyritic andesite and andesitic volcaniclastic rocks of the Unalaska Formation (see Drewes and others, 1961). The Mak North vein system is intermittently exposed over a lateral distance of at least 9,000 feet (2,800 m) and a vertical distance of 1,000 feet (300 m). The veins are composed of massive, milky quartz that has been brecciated and then healed by multiple void-filling bands of cockscomb quartz. The Mak North vein system has a reported range in thickness from 2 to 20 feet (0.7 to 7 m).
  • Age = Late Tertiary or younger

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Aleutians

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = The main or 'discovery' zone was originally located from the air and was channel sampled using a line spacing of roughly 15 m. This sampling outlined a length of about 60 m having gold values averaging 0.024 oz/t (0.82 ppm), and having a highest value of 0.034 oz/t (1.17 ppm) over 7.5 m. Other sampling of the vein yielded gold values as high as 690 ppb. The veins have identical Au/Ag/Hg/As and base metal signatures as the east-west veins in the Makushin Valley (UN009) occurrence (Randolph, 1991).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Drewes, Harold, Fraser, G.D., Snyder, G.L., and Barnett, H.F., Jr., 1961, Geology of Unalaska Island and adjacent insular shelf, Aleutian Islands, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1028-S, p. 583-676.

  • Deposit

    Randolph, D.B., 1991, Unalaska project, 1990 final report: Battle Mountain Exploration Company, Alaska District, 62 p., 5 appendices, 15 plates, various scales. (Report held by the Aleut Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska.)

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Randolph, 1991

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Epithermal gold vein
Deposit Other Comments = See also UN009, UN011

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 18-DEC-1992 F.H. Wilson U.S. Geological Survey

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