Geologic information
Identification information
Deposit ID |
10000821 |
MRDS ID |
A011473 |
Record type |
Site |
Current site name |
Valdez Mine |
Alternate or previous names |
Valdez Mining Co., Ibex
|
Geographic areas
Country |
State |
United States |
Alaska |
Comments on the location information
- POSITION IS PLOTTED ON VALDEZ A6 QUADRANGLE AS IBEX MINE; THE VALDEZ CLAIM GROUP AND IBEX ARE PROBABLY ON SAME VEIN AND WITHIN 1500 FT OF EACH OTHER LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Commodities
Commodity |
Importance |
Gold |
Primary |
Comments on the commodity information
- GOLD AND PYRITE IN RIBBON QUARTZ WAS MAIN ORE; MASSIVE WHITE QUARTZALSO AURIFEROUS, BUT LOWER GRADE
Materials information
Materials |
Type of material |
Gold |
Ore |
Pyrite |
Gangue |
Quartz |
Gangue |
Host and associated rocks
Host or associated |
Host |
Rock type |
Sedimentary Rock
> Clastic Sedimentary Rock
> Siltstone |
Rock unit name |
Valdez Group |
Rock description |
Valdez Group;Valdez Group |
Controls for ore emplacement
Comments on the geologic information
- SCHISTOSITY OF COUNTRY ROCK: N 75 E; 75 N DIPPING. SCHISTOSE GRAYWACKE INTERBEDDED WITH SLATE.