Ankle Creek prospect, Alaska Peninsula District, Aleutians East Borough, Alaska, USA
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 55° 11' 20'' North , 160° 39' 17'' West |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | 55.18889,-160.65500 |
KΓΆppen climate type: | Dfc : Subarctic climate |
This prospect is located on land patented by, or interim-conveyed to, the Aleut Corporation.
Location: The map site of the Ankle Creek prospect is at an elevation of 600 feet, about 1,000 feet north-northwest of the center of sec. 3, T. 58 S., R. 75 W., Seward Meridian. The location is accurate to within 1,200 feet.
Geology: The Ankle Creek quartz vein is parallel to the Surprise vein (PM089), and crops out approximately 200 feet to the southeast. It is as much as 50 feet in width and has been exposed for 130 feet on strike. Based on float, air photo lineaments, and ground magnetics, the Ankle Creek vein has been traced for approximately 1,200 feet to the northeast where it intersects the Amethyst vein (PM092) (Peterson and others, 1982, figure 11). The vein is hosted in andesite flows which belong to the late Eocene to early Oligocene Popof volcanic rocks (Wilson and others, 1995). The flows exhibit propylitic alteration near the vein. Pyrite apparently is widespread. Two trenches have been cut across the vein at its southwest end. Float samples of vein material assayed as much as 0.30 ounce of gold and 0.60 ounce of silver per ton (Trujillo and others, 1981). The best trench sample assayed 0.014 ounce of gold and 0.03 ounce of silver per ton over 12 feet. This includes a 5-foot interval grading 0.048 ounce of gold and 0.03 ounce of silver per ton. Assays from the other trench were 0.003 ounce of gold and 0.02 ounce of silver per ton over 7 feet, and 0.005 ounce of gold and 0.04 ounce of silver per ton over 3 feet. The assays also show varying amounts of copper, lead, zinc, and mercury. Three holes were drilled to intersect the vein at depth. Apparently only one hole (AQANK-2) was successful. Where intersected, the vein had narrowed to 8 feet and was almost entirely devoid of gold (Trujillo and others, 1981).
Workings: During the period 1979 to 1981 Resource Associates of Alaska mapped and sampled the prospect, conducted a magnetic survey, cut two trenches, and drilled three core holes (Trujillo and others, 1981). Float samples assayed as much as 0.30 ounce of gold per ton, whereas the best in-place metal values were from a 12-foot-long trench sample that assayed 0.014 ounce of gold per ton.
Age: Eocene or younger.
Alteration: Andesite host rocks are propylitically altered.
Commodities (Major) - Ag, Au; (Minor) - As, Cu, Hg, Pb, Zn
Development Status: None
Deposit Model: Epithermal gold vein
Commodity List
This is a list of exploitable or exploited mineral commodities recorded at this locality.Mineral List
3 valid minerals.
Regional Geology
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Miocene 5.333 - 23.03 Ma ID: 3193007 | Cenozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Miocene (5.333 - 23.03 Ma) Lithology: Sedimentary rocks Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
Eocene - Tertiary 33.9 - 66 Ma ID: 1709301 | Meshik Volcanics and similar rock units Age: Paleogene (33.9 - 66 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Meshik Volcanics Description: Popof volcanic rocks, only in Shumagin Islands = Meshik Lithology: Igneous Reference: Wilson, F.H., Hults, C.P., Mull, C.G, and Karl, S.M. (compilers). Geologic map of Alaska. doi: 10.3133/sim3340. U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Map 3340, pamphlet 196. [21] |
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