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Aladdin

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Zinc, Silver, Gold, Tin
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308660
Record type Site
Current site name Aladdin

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -157.2031, 64.19945 (WGS84)
Relative position The Aladdin prospect is in the southern Kaiyuh Mountains, on a ridge approximately 1 mile east of VABM Kluklaklatna. For this record, the site is plotted in the southwest corner of sec. 33, T. 14 S., R. 5 E., Kateel River Meridian. The location is accurate within 2 miles.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nulato A-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Nulato SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nulato C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Ore
Scorodite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -157.2031, 64.19945
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The Aladdin prospect consists of quartz-arsenopyrite-scorodite veins up to 0.2 meter thick, and of breccia comprising centimeter-scale, rounded fragments of massive arsenopyrite in a siliceous matrix. The deposit is associated with biotite granite of the Khotol Pluton and with quartz-muscovite-chlorite schist; the mineralization is exposed in a 4- by 7- meter frost boil in the schist. The deposit is similar to the one at the nearby Honker prospect (NL018) (Flanigan, 1998). Eight grab samples contained up to 755 ppm copper, 430 ppm lead, 11 ppm zinc, 19.66% arsenic, 8.5 ppm silver, and 1285 ppb gold (Flanigan, 1998). The discovery samples also contained up to 185 ppm tin (M. Millholland, written commun., 2001). Flanigan (1998) interprets the Aladdin deposit to be related to magmatic fluids from the Khotol pluton, based on its proximity to the pluton and its low molybdenum content . K-Ar and Ar/Ar dates for the Khotol pluton are approximately 110 Ma (Flanigan, 1998). Also see NL012, 013, 015, 016, and 019-022.
  • Age = Flanigan (1998) interprets the Aladdin deposit to be related to magmatic fluids from the Khotol pluton, based on its proximity to the pluton and its low molybdenum content . K-Ar and Ar/Ar dates for the Khotol pluton are approximately 110 Ma (Flanigan, 1998).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Kaiyuh

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = This prospect was discovered by Anaconda Minerals Company in 1982 (Flanigan, 1998).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Flanigan, B., 1998, Genesis and mineralization of ore deposits in the Illinois Creek region, West Central Alaska: University of Alaska, Fairbanks, M.Sc. thesis, 125 p., 2 plates.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Flanigan, 1998

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Plutonic-related Cu-Pb-Zn vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c?)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-AUG-01 Cameron, C.E. Northern Associates Inc.

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