Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Materials
Ore mineralsAcanthite, Anglesite, Beudantite, Bornite, Boulangerite, Cerussite, Chalcopyrite, Galena, Hemimorphite, Hydrozincite, Limonite, Mimetite, Plattnerite, Plumbojarosite, Pyrite, Pyrolusite, Sphalerite, Stannite, Argentojarosite, Fraipontite, Carminite, Hopeite, Massicot, Schultenite, Scorodite
GangueCalcite, Dolomite, Fluorite, Gypsum, Quartz, Siderite
Geology
Host rockGreenstone
AlterationCalcite and dolomite veining, manganosiderite alteration of wallrock, and replacement of dolostone wallrock by siderite.
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10002530
MRDS IDA013474
Alternate namesLast Hurrah
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates64.06944, -157.8031
References
Gillerman, V.S., Brewer, N.H., Millholland, M.A., and Wyman, W.F., 1986, Oxidized polymetallic gold mineralization, Illinois Creek, Alaska [abs.], in Chater, A.M., ed., Gold '86, an international symposium on the geology of gold deposits; poster paper abstracts: Geological Association of Canada, p. 51-53.Flanigan, B., 1998, Genesis and mineralization of ore deposits in the Illinois Creek region, West Central Alaska: University of Alaska, Fairbanks, M.Sc. thesis, 125 p., 2 plates.