Commodities
PrimarySilver, Lead
SecondaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueActinolite, Calcite, Limonite, Pyrite, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
AlterationThe deposit is oxidized and an early description (Levensaler, 1941) notes that siderite bodies replace limestone (marble).
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
Identification
Deposit ID10001864
MRDS IDA012683
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates65.67132, -162.46726
References
Levensaler, L.H., 1941 (?), Kugruk Galena Mines, Fairhaven mining district, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: Unpublished report for property owners, 4 p. , two level plans, and two cross sections.Cobb, E.H., 1975, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bendeleben quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-429, 123 p.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.Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Bendeleben quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-417, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.