Alaska
Prospect

Groundhog Basin

Alaska, United States
ZincTinSilverLeadGoldTinCopperMolybdenum
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Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Tin, Silver, Lead
SecondaryGold, Tin, Copper, Molybdenum
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model44: Replacement Sn
Materials
Ore mineralsArsenopyrite, Cassiterite, Chalcopyrite, Cubanite, Fluorite, Galena, Magnetite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite
GanguePyroxene, Quartz
Geology
Host rockGneiss
Associated rockDiorite · Coast Range Batholith
AlterationDeposits associated with formation of pyroxene-epidote-garnet skarn.
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10000272
MRDS IDA010316
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates56.51475, -132.06378
References
Wright, F.E., and Wright, C.W., 1908, The Ketchikan and Wrangell mining districts, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 347, 210 p.Buddington, A.F., 1923, Mineral deposits of the Wrangell district; U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 739, p. 51-75.Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Petersburg quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-415, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.Brew, D. A., Ovenshine, A. T., Karl, S. M., and Hunt, S. J., 1984, Preliminary reconnaissance geologic map of the Petersburg and parts of the Port Alexander and Sumdum 1:250,000 quadrangles, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-405, 43 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.Grybeck, D.J., Berg, H.C., and Karl, S.M., 1984, Map and description of the mineral deposits in the Petersburg and eastern Port Alexander quadrangles: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 84-837, 86 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.Newberry, R.J., and Brew, D.A., 1989, Epigenetic hydrothermal origin of the Groundhog Basin-Glacier Basin silver-tin-lead-zinc deposits, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1903, p. 113-121.Brew, D.A., 1997, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Petersburg C-1 quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-156-H, 23 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.Gault, H.R., Rossman, D.L., Flint, G.M., Jr., and Ray, R.G., 1953, Some lead-zinc deposits of the Wrangell district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 998-B, p. 15-58.Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Petersburg quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-870, 53 p.