Alaska
Prospect

Su-Lik

Alaska, United States
ZincSilverLeadCadmiumBarium-BariteCadmiumBarium-Barite
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Description

GCO

Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Silver, Lead
SecondaryCadmium, Barium-Barite
TertiaryCadmium, Barium-Barite
Commodity typeB
Deposit
Model208: Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb
WorkingsSurface
Orebody formtabular
Materials
Ore mineralsBoulangerite, Bournonite, Galena, Marcasite, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Barite
GangueCalcite, Dolomite
Geology
Host rockSandstone
Associated rockMudstone
AlterationHost rocks are intensely silicified close to the sulfides.
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Discovery year1977
Identification
Deposit ID10003158
MRDS IDA015691
Alternate namesWulik River
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates68.166, -163.205
References
Bundtzen, T.K., and Henning, M.W., 1978, Barite in Alaska: Mines and Geology Bulletin, v. 27, no. 4, p. 1-4.Grybeck, D.J., and Nokleberg, W.J., 1979, Metallogeny of the Brooks Range, Alaska, in Johnson, K.M., and Williams, J.R., Jr., The United States Geological Survey in Alaska: Accomplishments during 1978: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 804-B, p. B19-B22.Forrest, K., 1983, Geologic and isotopic studies of the Lik deposit and the surrounding mineral district, DeLong Mountains, western Brooks Range, Alaska: University of Minnesota, Ph.D. dissertation, 161 p.Eakins, G.R., Bundtzen, T.K., Robinson, M.S., Clough, J.G., Green, C.B., Clautice, K.H., and Albanese M.A., 1983, Alaska's mineral industry, 1982, Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report 31, 63 p.Sterne, E.J., Zantop, H. and Reynolds, R.C., 1984, Clay mineralogy and carbon-nitrogen geochemistry of the Lik and Competition Creek zinc-lead-silver prospects, DeLong Mountains, Alaska: Economic Geology, v. 79, p. 1406-1411.Cobb, E.H., Mayfield, C.F., and Brosge, W.P., 1981, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in eleven quadrangles in northern Alaska (Arctic, Baird Mountains, Chandler Lake, DeLong Mountains, Demarcation Point, Howard Pass, Misheguk Mountain, Mount Michelson, Noatak, Point Lay, and Table Mountain); Supplement to Open-File Report 75-628; Part A, Summaries of data to January 1, 1981: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-767-A, 25 p.Leach, D., Sangster, D., Kelley, K., Large, R.R., Garven, G., Allen, C., Gutzmer, J., and Walters, S., 2005, Sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: A global perspective. Economic Geology, 100th Aniversary Volume. pp. 561-607. Also Appendices A, B, C, D, E, and Supplement