Alaska
Prospect

Roosevelt Hills

Alaska, United States
TinSilverCopperZincManganeseMolybdenumTungstenLeadUraniumArsenicBismuth
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Commodities
PrimaryTin, Silver
SecondaryCopper, Zinc, Manganese, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Lead, Uranium, Arsenic, Bismuth
Deposit
Model49: Sn greisen
Materials
Ore mineralsPyrite
GangueCoronadite, Fluorite, Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline
Geology
AlterationNumerous shear zones in granite are silicified and sericitized and contain a black coating in vugs and on joint surfaces. According to x-ray fluorescence analysis, this coating is coronodite: (Mn, Pb)Mn3O7. Burleigh (1989 [DLR 90-24]) inferred that the coating could be from downward-percolating supergene fluids.
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10307707
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates64.02157, -151.50495
References
Cobb, E.H., 1977, Placer deposit map of central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-168B, 64 p., 1 map, scale 1:1,000,000.Chapman, R.M., and Yeend, W., 1981, Geologic reconnaissance of the east half of the Kantishna River quadrangle and adjacent areas, in Albert, N.R.D., and Hudson, T., eds, The United States Geological Survey in Alaska, Accomplishments during 1979: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 823-B, 149 p.Cobb, E.H., and Chapman, R.M., 1981, Mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Kantishna River and Ruby quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-170, 94 p.Bond, James, 1985, Geologic field examinations in Doyon Limited, regional selection block 9: Doyon Limited Report 85-19, 179 p. (Report held by Doyon, Ltd., Fairbanks, Alaska).Clautice, K.H., Bowman, N.D., Clough, J.G., Gilbert, W.G., Kline, J.T., Smith, T.E., and Blodgett, R.B., 1993, Land selection Unit 8 (Kantishna River, Ruby, and Medfra quadrangles): References, lead isotope, geochemical and major oxide data: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, 42 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.Burleigh, Roger, 1989, Field report on mineral investigation of tin-granites of the Roosevelt Hills, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Field Report, 29 p.Eakin, H.M., 1918, The Cosna-Nowitna region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 667, 54 p.