Alaska
Occurrence

Galena Creek-West

Alaska, United States
ZincLeadCopper
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Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead, Copper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Malachite, Sphalerite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockGreenstone · Neruokpuk Formation;Neruokpuk Formation;Neruokpuk Formation
Associated rockQuartzite · Neruokpuk Formation;Kanayut And/Or Kekiktuk Formation;Kayak Shale;
AlterationWeak propylitization.
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Identification
Deposit ID10001759
MRDS IDA012546
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates68.37988, -142.04013
References
Barker, J.C., 1978, Mineral Investigations of certain lands in the eastern Brooks Range: a summary report: US Bureau of Mines Open-File No. 63-78Grybeck, D.J., 1977, Known mineral deposits of the Brooks Range, Alaska: US Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-166C, 41 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.Brosge', W.P., and Reiser, H.N., 1976, Preliminary geologic and mineral resource maps (excluding petroleum), Arctic National Wildlife Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-539, 4 sheets, scale 1:500,000.Brosgi, W.P., and Reiser, H.N., 1977, Lead-zinc mineralization at Bear Mountain, southeastern Brooks Range, in Blean, K.M., ed., The United States Geological Survey in Alaska: Accomplishments during 1976: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 751-B, p. B8-B10U.S. Geological Survey, 1977, Geological Survey research, 1977: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1050, 411 p.Hartman, D.C., 1973, Geology and mineral evaluation of the Arctic Wildlife Range, northeast Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Open-File Report 22, 16 p., 1 over-size sheet, scale 1:500,000Brosgi, W.R., and Reiser, H.N., 1968, Geochemical maps of granitic rocks, Coleen and Table Mountain quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 323, scale 1:250,000.Cobb, E.H., Mayfield, C.F., and Brosge, W.P., 1981, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in eleven quadrangles in northern Alaska (Arctic, Baird Mountains, Chandler Lake, DeLong Mountains, Demarcation Point, Howard Pass, Misheguk Mountain, Mount Michelson, Noatak, Point Lay, and Table Mountain); Supplement to Open-File Report 75-628; Part A, Summaries of data to January 1, 1981: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-767-A, 25 p.