Alaska
Producer

Greens Creek

Alaska, United States
SilverGoldZincLeadCopper
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Commodities
PrimarySilver, Gold, Zinc
SecondaryLead
TertiaryCopper
Commodity typeM
Deposit
WorkingsUnderground
Materials
Other materialsAcanthite, Argentite, Bornite, Chalcocite, Chalcopyrite, Covellite, Galena, Gold, Polybasite, Proustite, Pyrargyrite, Pyrite, Silver, Sphalerite, Tennantite, Tetrahedrite
Economic & production
Development statusProducer
First production1989
Discovery year1974
Identification
Deposit ID10136645
MRDS IDA010663
Alternate namesGallagher Creek, Big Sore, Zinc Creek, Mariposite Ridge, Upper Killer CreekKiller Creek, Cliff Creek, Big Bend
RegionNA
Data scoreA
Coordinates58.07894, -134.6284
References
REFERENCES BELOW WERE ENTERED BY AFOC OR WFOC BEFORE 1996;SOME OF THE CODES ARE UNKNOWN AT THIS TIME; (MAY, 97); SOMEARE KNOWN:SRIE&MJ, MAY, 1979, P 84, No. 221.AK ECON RPT 790515OF81-122AMR 81-82 pp. 12, 25MTA 82 No. F-28E&MJ, JUNE, 1983, P 40,SR31 pp. 1, 14SR33 p. 18SR38 pp. 14, 18, 46AK MINE LICENSE-1985SR39 p. 15-16,SR40 p. 16BM YEARBOOK 1977 p. 62BM YEARBOOK 1978-79 p. 47-48BM YEARBOOK 1980 p. 48BM YEARBOOK 1981 p. 53BM YEARBOOK 1982 p. 48BM YEARBOOK 1983 p. 55-56BM YEARBOOK 1984 p. 63BM YEARBOOK 1985 p. 57BM YEARBOOK 1986 p. 52EIS GREENS CREEK 1983346 pp.EA GREENS CREEK 1988 82 pp.E&MJ 8306 p. 40SR38 pp. 18, 46SR41 p. 21B1181R pp. 10-16CRU ZINC MONITOR-SEPTEMBER 1996MINING RECORD. "JV APPROVES REDEVELOPMENT OF GREENS CREEKMINE". V106/N21. 5/24/95. P.1.MINING RECORD, "ALASKA; HECLA MINING RECOMMENCES OPERATIONSAT GREENS CREEK", VOL 107, #32, AUG., 7 1996, PP. 1, 3.THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #44, OCT., 30, 1996, P5.THE NORTHERN MINER, 10/30/96, P5.THE MINING RECORD, VOL 107, #49, DEC 4, 1996, P19.THE MINING RECORD, SEPT., 4, 1996, P7.HECLA'S 1995 10-K, P? AND ANNUAL REPORTS, P20.RANDOL MINING DIRECTORY, 1996/97, PP. 122, 601, 602, 701,702ALASKA KARDEX 112-158ALASKA KARDEX 112-162RTZ-CRA FACT BOOK, 1997, P34.DGGS IC 35, P. 10, 1992HECLA'S WEBSITE, 4/23/97.RTZ-CRA 1996 ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 20-F, PP. 11, 13, 17-18,44-45.RTZ-CRA FACT BOOK, 1997, PP. 2-3, 5, 21-22, 34.