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Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10003307
MRDS ID A106051
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -162.25242, 55.0492 (WGS84)
Relative position Approximate location is between King Cove spit and Slavna Point, 2 mi (3.2 km) east of King Cove. Anomaly no. 70 of Christie (1974).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Aleutians East(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Cold Bay A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Cold Bay(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Cold Bay(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Cold Bay(hydrologic unit)

Aleutian Islands(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

King Cove Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary

Alteration

  • (Local) Propylitic and argillic alteration reported along with weak leaching.

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -162.25242, 55.0492
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Christie (1974) described a color anomaly associated with a weak gossan developed at the contact of a quartz diorite pluton with volcanic rocks of the Belkofski Formation. Volcanic rocks include andesitic crystal tuffs and flows. The area of gossan is a maximum of 5,000 by 3,000 ft (1,500 by 900 m) and shows disseminated pyrite mineralization, generally in trace amounts, but locally as high as 2 percent. Approximately half of the pyrite is fracture controlled in local zones of higher pyrite content.
  • Age = Pliocene or younger

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Alaska Peninsula

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Brief reconnaissance geologic mapping and a few soil and silt samples. Gold, silver, and zinc were slightly anomalous, at 0.02, 1.4, and 104 ppm , respectively. Copper and molybdenum were at background levels.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Christie, J.S., 1974, Aleut-Quintana-Duval 1974 joint venture, final report: Unpublished Quintana Minerals Corporation report, 24 p., 3 appendices, 2 maps. (Report held by the Aleut Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska.)

  • Deposit

    MacKevett, E.M., Jr., and Holloway, C.D., 1977, Map showing metalliferous mineral deposits in the western part of southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-169-F, 38 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Christie, 1974

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Epithermal gold vein
Deposit Other Comments = In Christie's (1974) evaluation, this occurrence had no sufficiently large covered area to hide a porphyry system and no copper mineralization was suggested.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-MAY-1994 G.D. DuBois U.S. Geological Survey
Reporter 13-MAY-1994 F.H. Wilson 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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