Alaska
Producer

Red Dog mine

Alaska, United States
ZincSilverLeadBarium-BariteGoldCopperBarium-Barite
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Description

I.L. (Irv) Tailleur, USGS, and Bob Baker, aviator

Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Silver, Lead
SecondaryBarium-Barite
TertiaryGold, Copper, Barium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Deposit typesedex and shale-hosted
Model208: Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formTABULAR
Materials
Ore mineralsBarite, Boulangerite, Galena, Marcasite, Polybasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite, Chalcopyrite
GangueQuartz
Geology
Host rockBlack Shale,Chert · Kuna Formation
AlterationSilicification of host mudstone.
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
Production years1989 to present
First production1989
Discovery year1968
Identification
Deposit ID10003157
MRDS IDA015690
Alternate namesQanaiyaq (Hilltop), Aqqaluk, Paalaaq, Main
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates68.07, -162.83
References
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