Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MM162; Mt. Eielson district near Crystal and Intermittent Creeks), Kantishna Mining District, Denali Borough, Alaska, USAi

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Unnamed Occurrence (ARDF - MM162; Mt. Eielson district near Crystal and Intermittent Creeks)	- not defined -
Kantishna Mining District	Mining District
Denali Borough	Borough
Alaska	State
USA	Country

The area is in Denali National Park and Preserve.
Location: This generalized location represents mineral deposits reported by Reed (1933, p. 284) on the topographic noses between Intermittent and Crystal Creeks. For this record, the site at an elevation of about 3800 feet on the east side of Muldrow Glacier about 1 mile north-northeast of Green Point. It is in the NW1/4 sec. 12, T. 18 S., R. 15 W., Fairbanks Meridian. The location is probably accurate within one-half mile.
Geology: The area between Intermittent and Crystal Creeks, east of Muldrow Glacier, contains dikes and sills of porphyritic granodiorite that strike about north. The dikes and sills cut Paleozoic calcareous rocks. The area is south of the main east-west fault that separates primarily bedded rocks from the main body of the Mt. Eielson granodiorite pluton. A probable faulted continuation of the main Mt. Eielson granodiorite mass crops out south of Crystal Creek (Reed, 1933, plate 22). The area is structurally equivalent to the main part of the Mt. Eielson district. Although Reed (1933, p. 284) did not describe any specific mineral occurrences, he reported substantial mineralization on the topographic noses between Intermittent and Crystal Creeks and in areas between Crystal and Glacier Creeks. He implied that the deposits are similar mineralogically to those in the main part of the Mt. Eielson district. Based on Reed's description, the deposits at this site are inferred to comprise chalcopyrite, galena and sphalerite in an epidote-quartz-calcite gangue. The mineralization probably is Oligocene, roughly copntemporaneous with the Eocene or Oligocene emplacement age of the McGonagall-type Mt. Eielson granodiorite (Reed and Lanphere, 1974; Decker and Gilbert, 1978; Cole, 1998).
Workings: No known workings.
Age: The mineralization probably is Oligocene, roughly contemporaneous with the Eocene or Oligocene emplacement age of the McGonagall-type Mt. Eielson granodiorite (Reed and Lanphere, 1974; Decker and Gilbert, 1978; Cole, 1998).
Alteration: Presumed formation of epidote-quartz-calcite alteration zones in calcareous sedimentary rocks.

Commodities (Major) - Pb, Zn; (Minor) - Ag, Au, Cu
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Polymetallic replacement deposits; Pb-Zn skarn (Cox and Singer, 1986; models 19

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