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Unnamed (northern Russian Mountains)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Copper, Lead, Antimony, Cadmium
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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 10308197
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (northern Russian Mountains)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -159.19888, 61.69835 (WGS84)
Relative position This occurrence is in the northern Russian Mountains, on a ridge crest 1,500 feet northeast of peak 2940. The map site is in the NE1/4 sec. 35, T. 19 N., R. 55 W., of the Seward Meridian. This is sample locality 3 of Bundtzen and Laird (1991).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Bethel(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Russian Mission C-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Russian Mission NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Russian Mission(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Aniak(hydrologic unit)

Lower Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Kuskokwim 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
Copper Primary
Lead Primary
Antimony Critical Primary
Cadmium Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Ore
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Malachite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz veining.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

(1) -159.19888, 61.69835
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Bundtzen and Laird (1991) report two, small, malachite-stained quartz veins containing chalcopyrite, galena, and arsenopyrite. The veins are 1 to 3 centimeters wide and occur along northwest-trending joints in the cupola zone of a syeno-monzonite just below the contact with thermally metamorphosed andesite country rocks. A sample of the veins contained 0.46 percent arsenic, 0.13 percent antimony, 0.94 percent lead, 0.09 percent cadmium, and 45 ppm silver; gold was not detected. The veins are in the Upper Cretaceous intrusive complex of the Russian Mountains (Bundtzen and Laird, 1991).
  • Age = Late Cretaceous or Tertiary. Veins crosscut part of the intrusive complex of the Russian Mountains. Quartz monzonite from this complex has yielded a K/Ar age of 70.3 +/- 2.1 Ma (Bundtzen and Laird, 1991).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Aniak

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface observation and sampling has been completed (Bundtzen and Laird, 1991).

Reference information

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Bundtzen and Laird, 1991

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Polymetallic veins (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 10-JUN-01 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology
Reporter 10-JUN-01 Madelyn A. Millholland Millholland & Associates

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