Alaska
Prospect

Vinasale

Alaska, United States
SilverGoldLeadZincMolybdenumAntimonyArsenicBismuth
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Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold
SecondaryLead, Zinc, Molybdenum, Antimony, Arsenic, Bismuth
Deposit
Model78: Porphyry Cu-Au
Materials
Ore mineralsArsenopyrite, Galena, Jamesonite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Silver
GangueDolomite, Epidote, Quartz, Sericite, Tourmaline
Geology
AlterationSilicification and dolomitic, sericitic, and propylitic.
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10307827
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates62.70945, -155.69291
References
Solie, D.N., Bundtzen, T.K., and Gilbert, W.G., 1991, K-Ar ages of igneous rocks in the McGrath quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Public Data File Report 160, 17 pages, one sheet, 1:250,000 scale.DiMarchi, J.J., 1993, Geology, alteration, and mineralization of the Vinasale Mountain gold deposit, west-central Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Professional Report 113, p. 17-29.Bundtzen, T.K., and Miller, M.L., 1997, Precious metals associated with Late Cretaceous-early Tertiary igneous rocks of southwestern Alaska, in Goldfarb, R.J., and Miller, L.D., eds., Economic Geology Monograph #9, Mineral Deposits of Alaska, p. 242-286.McCoy, Dan, Newberry, R.J., Layer, Paul, DiMarchi, J.J., Bakke, Arne, Masterman, J.S., and Minehane, D.L., 1997, Plutonic-related gold deposits of interior Alaska, in R.J. Goldfarb, and L.D. Miller, eds., Mineral Deposits of Alaska: Economic Geology Monograph 9, p. 191-241.Bundtzen, T.K., Swainbank, R.C., Wood, J.E., Clough, A.H., 1991 (1992), Alaska's Mineral Industry 1991: Alaska Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, Special Report 46, 89 p.Bundtzen, T.K., 1986, Prospect examination of a gold-tungsten placer deposit in Alder Creek, Vinasale Mountain area, western Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Public Data File Report 86-15, 10 pages.