Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MH245; near the mouth of Rock Candy Creek), Tok Mining District, Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, USAi

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Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MH245; near the mouth of Rock Candy Creek)	- not defined -
Tok Mining District	Mining District
Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	Census Area
Alaska	State
USA	Country

Unpublished data cited is available for viewing by contacting Grayd Resources Inc. in Vancouver, B. C., Canada (www.grayd.com), or Northern Associates Inc. in Fairbanks, Alaska.
Location: This occurrence is located on the moraine of the glacier at the head of the West Fork Robertson River and is about one-third mile northwest of the mouth of Rock Candy Creek. It is at an elevation of about 3,500 feet in the SW1/4 section 28, T. 18 S., R. 16 E., Fairbanks Meridian. The location is accurate.
Geology: Float of massive and banded-sulfide boulders was found on the moraine of the glacier at the head of the West Fork Robertson River northeast of the mouth of Rock Candy Creek. No details are given other than that a similarity is noted to mineralization at a nearby unnamed occurrence (MH244) (R.A. Blakestad and others, unpublished Resource Associates of Alaska, Inc. report, 1976). This occurrence is in the Jarvis Creek Glacier subterrane of Devonian age (Nokleberg and others, 1992). This subterrane consists of a complex sequence of volcaniclastic metasedimentary rocks, predominantly of intermediate composition. The unit includes felsic and mafic metavolcanic units and metasedimentary rocks, including calcareous schist, dolomite, limestone, siltstone, quartzite, and black carbonaceous schist. The rock units are typically thin bedded, strike northwest, and dip moderately southwest. The schistosity and folds are generally parallel to the regional strike but with local exceptions (R.A. Blakestad and others, unpublished Resource Associates of Alaska, Inc. report, 1976). The metamorphosed volcanic and sedimentary rocks have been intruded by several gabbro and mafic sills and dikes and plutons of felsic to intermediate composition
Workings: This occurrence has only had limited surface sampling. Follow-up work focused on discoveries of additional mineralization (MH244 and MH249) (Rodney A. Blakestad and others, unpublished Resource Associates of Alaska, Inc. report, 1976).
Age: Devonian or younger, on the basis of the age of the host rock, which is in the Jarvis Creek Glacier subterrane (Nokleberg and others, 1992).

Commodities (Major) - Cu, Pb, Zn; (Minor) - Ag
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Kuroko massive sulfide (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 28a).

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