Alaska
Prospect
Texas Creek Comstock
Alaska, United States
Zinc Lead Gold Copper Molybdenum Silver Barium-Barite
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Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead, Gold, Copper, Molybdenum, Silver
SecondaryBarium-Barite
Commodity typeMetallic
Deposit
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Materials
Ore mineralsChalcopyrite, Galena, Molybdenite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
GangueCalcite, Chlorite, Quartz
Geology
Host rockSiltstone · Texas Creek Granodiorite
Associated rockAndesite · Texas Creek Granodiorite;
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
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References
Buddington, A.F., 1925, Mineral investigations in southeastern Alasaka: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 773, p. 71-139.Buddington, A.F., 1929, Geology of Hyder and vicinity, southeastern Alaska, with a reconnaissance of Chickamin River: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 807, 124 p.Smith, J.G., 1977, Geology of the Ketchikan D-1 and Bradfield Canal A-1 quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1425, 49 p.Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-922, 98 p.Elliott, R.L., and Koch, R.D., 1981, Mines, prospects, and selected metalliferous mineral occurrences in the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728-B, 23 p., 1 sheet, scales 1:250,000 and 1:63,360.Maas, K.M., Bittenbender, P E., and Still, J.C., 1995, Mineral investigations in the Ketchikan mining district, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 11-95, 606 p.
Identification
Deposit ID10093933
MRDS IDA010307
Alternate namesHyder Lead, Texas Comstock, Joe Joe, Fortuna, Alaska-Comstock, Jackson-Hummel
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates56.04171, -130.25787
Base: USGS MRDS (public domain, frozen 2011). Community notes © their authors, CC-BY. Land data live from BLM.