Alaska
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Alaska, United States
ZincLeadSilverGold
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Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead, Silver, Gold
Commodity typeM
Materials
Ore mineralsBoulangerite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite
GangueAnkerite, Calcite, Quartz
Geology
AlterationOxidation with abundant limonite, and possible silicification.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Identification
Deposit ID10001852
MRDS IDA012667
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates64.97625, -164.6472
References
Smith, P.S., 1908, Investigations of mineral deposits of Seward Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 345, p. 206-250.Cathcart, S.H., 1922, Metalliferous lodes in southern Seward Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 722, p. 163-261.Asher, R.R., 1969, Geology and geochemistry of part of the Iron Creek area, Solomon D-6 quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: Alaska Division of Mines and Geology Geochemistry Report 18, 19 p.Sainsbury, C.L., Hudson, T.L., Ewing, R., and Richards, T., 1972, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Solomon D-6 quadrangle, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 512, 17 p.Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic resources map of the Solomon quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-445, scale 1:250,000.Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Solomon quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-181, 185 p.Church, S.E., Briskey, J.A., Delevaux, M.H., and LeHuray, A.P., 1985, Preliminary results of Pb-isotope analyses of deposits from the Seward Peninsula, in Susan Barsch Winkler, ed., The United States Geological Survey in Alaska; Accomplishments during 1984: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 967, p. 24-27.Till, A.B., Dumoulin, J.A., Gamble, B. ., Kaufman, D.S., and Carroll, P.I., 1986, Preliminary geologic map and fossil data, Soloman, Bendeleben, and southern Kotzebue quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-276, 10 p., 3 plates, scale 1:250,000.Wimmler, N.L., 1926, Lode deposits in Seward Peninsula: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Miscellaneous Report 192-01, 10 p.