Commodities
PrimaryZinc
SecondaryAntimony, Arsenic, Copper, Lead, Gold, Silver, Fluorine-Fluorite
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Materials
Ore mineralsArsenopyrite, Barite, Chalcopyrite, Fluorite, Galena, Gold, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stibnite, Tennantite
GangueAnkerite, Dolomite, Quartz, Muscovite
Geology
Host rockSchist
Associated rockGreenstone
AlterationRemobilization of metallic minerals and carbonates during Cretaceous metamorphism.
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10002021
MRDS IDA012867
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates64.71511, -165.59412
References
Herreid, G.H., 1970, Geology and geochemistry of the Sinuk area, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: Alaska Division of Mines and Minerals Geologic Report 36, 61 p., 3 sheets, scale 1:42,000.Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-463, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File report 78-93, 213 p.Bundtzen, T.K., Reger, R.D., Laird, G.M., Pinney, D.S., Clautice, K.H., Liss, S.A., and Cruse, G.R., 1994, Progress report on the geology and mineral resources of the Nome mining district: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys, Public Data-File 94-39, 21 p., 2 sheets, scale 1:63,360.