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Clark Bay

Occurrence, Inactive

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Commodities and mineralogy

Main commodities Cu
Other commodities Ag; Au; Mo; Zn
Ore minerals chalcopyrite; pyrite

Geographic location

Quadrangle map, 1:250,000-scale SB
Quadrangle map, 1:63,360-scale D-6
Latitude 55.83
Longitude -159.9
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Location and accuracy This occurrence is located on the Alaska Peninsula, on Red Hill between Clark Bay and Grub Gulch (Christie, 1974, color anomaly 82; MacKevett and Holloway, 1977, locality 2; Wilson and others, 1988, locality 2). The map site is on the east shore of Clark Bay, due west of the center of sec. 5, T. 51 S., R. 69 W., of the Seward Meridian. The location is accurate to within 1 mile.

Geologic setting

Geologic description

This occurrence is marked by a color anomaly measuring approximately 8,000 by 4,300 feet (Christie 1974). The area contains Miocene basalt and andesite and Oligocene to Eocene sandstones and siltstones of the Stepovak Bay Formation (Wilson and others, 1995). Biotite from the volcanic rocks has been dated at 10 to 6 million years (Wilson and others, 1994).
Christie (1974) describes fine-grained porphyritic diorite at this location. The rock carries traces of chalcopyrite and as much as 1 percent pyrite. The volcanic rocks carry 1 to 12 percent pyrite. Soil and rock chip samples contained as much as 235 ppm copper, 0.46 ppm gold, 15 ppm molybdenum, 5.8 ppm silver, and 455 ppm zinc. Arbogast and others (1987) describes an intermediate intrusive rock containing abundant pyrite. Silt samples collected at this locality contained 100 ppm copper, 10 ppm molybdenum, and 1 ppm silver; pan concentrates contained 10 ppm molybdenum and 100 ppm tungsten (Frisken, 1992).
Geologic map unit (-159.902040719441, 55.8291931184806)
Mineral deposit model Porphyry Cu, Porphyry Cu-Mo, Porphyry Cu-Au (Cox and Singer, 1986; models 17, 21a, 20c)
Mineral deposit model number 17, 21a, 20c
Age of mineralization Tertiary.

Production and reserves

Workings or exploration This site was sampled by the Aleut-Quintana-Duval joint venture in 1974 (Christie, 1974). Additional sampling was carried out by the U.S. Geological Survey in the mid-1980s (Arbogast and others, 1987; Frisken, 1992).
Indication of production None

Additional comments

This site is on land selected by the Aleut Corporation.

References

MRDS Number 10308208

References

Arbogast, B.F., Bailey, E.A., and Frisken, J.G., 1987, Analytical results and sample locality maps of stream sediment, heavy-mineral-concentrate, and rock samples from the Port Moller, Stepovak Bay, and Simeonof island quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 87-502, 122 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
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.)
Frisken, J.G., 1992, Interpretation of reconnaissance geochemical data from the Port Moller, Stepovak Bay, and Simeonof Island quadrangles, Alaska Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1968, 47 p., 3 sheets, scale 1:250,000.
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.
Wilson, F.H., Detterman, R.L., Miller, J. W., and Case, J.E., 1995, Geologic map of the Port Moller, Stepovak Bay, and Simeonof Island quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Investigation Series Map I-2272, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Wilson, F.H., Shew, N., DuBois, G.D., and Bie, S.W., 1994, Sample locality map and analytical data for potassium-argon ages in the Port Moller, Stepovak Bay and Simeonof Island quadrangles, Alaska Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2155-E, 18 p., 1 map sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Wilson, F.H., White, W.H., and DuBois, G.D., 1988, Brief descriptions of mines, prospects, and mineral occurrences in the Port Moller and Stepovak Bay quadrangles, Alaska Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 88-666, 128 p., 1 plate, scale 1:250,000.
Reporters S.H. Pilcher
Last report date 10/18/2000