Alaska
Prospect

Foster

Alaska, United States
TinLeadCopperGoldSilverZinc
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Commodities
PrimaryTin, Lead, Copper, Gold, Silver, Zinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model72: Polymetallic replacement85: Polymetallic veins
Materials
Ore mineralsAnglesite, Cerussite, Galena
GangueClay, Goethite, Limonite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockMarble
AlterationOxidation, fracturing, and leaching of wall-rock is known to a depth of 430 feet.
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10001930
MRDS IDA012764
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates65.02936, -162.57329
References
Mulligan, J.J., 1962, Lead-silver deposits in the Omilak area, Seard Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 6018, 44 p.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.Gamble, B.M., 1988, Non-placer mineral occurrences in the Solomon, Bendeleben, and southern part of the Kotzebue quadrangles, western Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Map MF-1838-B, 13 p., 1 sheet, 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.Herried, G.H., 1965, Geology of the Omilak-Otter Creek area, Bendeleben quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals Geological Report 11, 12 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:63,360.