Alaska
Prospect

Drenchwater Creek

Alaska, United States
LeadZincSilverBarium-Barite
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Commodities
PrimaryLead, Zinc
SecondarySilver, Barium-Barite
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model208: Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb
Materials
Ore mineralsGalena, Sphalerite
GanguePyrite, Quartz
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10003410
MRDS IDA106167
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates68.57843, -158.72484
References
Nokleberg, W.J., and Winkler, G.R., 1982, Stratiform zinc-lead deposits in the Drenchwater Creek area, Howard Pass quadrangle, northwestern Brooks Range, Alaska; U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1209, 22 p., 2 over-size plates, scale 1:19,800Jansons, Uldis, 1982, Zinc-lead occurrences in and near the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report MLA 121-82, 55 p.Jansons, Uldis, and Baggs, D.W., 1980, Mineral investigations of the Misheguk Mountains and Howard Pass quadrangles, National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 38-80, 76 p.Nokleberg, W.J., and Winkler, G.R., 1978, Stratiform zinc-lead mineralization, Drenchwater Creek area, Howard Pass quadrangle, western Brooks Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 772-B, p. B15-B17Churkin, M. Jr., Mayfield, C.F., Theobald, P.K., Barton, H., Nodleberg, W.J., Winkler, G.R., and Huie, C., 1978, Geological and geochemical appraisal of metallic mineral resources, southern National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-70A, 82 p.Mayfield, C.F., Curtis, S.M., Ellersieck, I., and Tailleur, I.L., 1979, The Ginny Creek zinc-lead-silver and Nimiuktuk barite deposits, northwestern Brooks Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 804-B, p. B11-B12.