Alaska
Prospect

Sheep Creek

Alaska, United States
ZincLeadTinSilver
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Commodities
PrimaryZinc, Lead
SecondaryTin, Silver
Deposit
Model184: Massive sulfide, kuroko
Materials
Ore mineralsCassiterite, Galena, Pyrite, Sphalerite, Stannite
GangueQuartz, Sericite
Geology
AlterationAlteration consists of sericitized schist in both the hanging and footwall of the deposit.
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10307531
Alternate namesGossan Peak
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates63.91963, -148.28286
References
Wahrhaftig, Clyde, 1970, Geologic map of the Healy D-3 quadrangle: U.S. Geological Survey Geologic Quadrangle Map GQ-805, scale 1:63,360.Bundtzen, T.K., Eakins, G.R., Clough, J.G., Lueck, L.L., Green, C.B., Robinson, M.S., and Coleman, D.A., 1984, Alaska's Mineral Industry, 1983: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report 33, 56 p.Nokleberg, W.J., Bundtzen, T.K., Berg, H.C., Brew, D.A., Grybeck, D.J., Robinson, M.S., Smith, T.E., and Yeend, W., 1987, Significant metalliferous lode deposits and placer districts of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1786, 104 p.Cox, D.P., Light, T.D., Csejtey, Bela, Jr., and Campbell, D.L., 1989, Mineral resource assessment map of the Healy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map, MF-2058-A, scale 1:250,000.O'Connor, W.K., Dahlin, D.C., and Warner, J.D., 1989, Characterization of the Sheep Creek Pb-Zn-Ag-Sn prospect, north-central Alaska Range: U.S. Bureau of Mines Report of Investigations 9256, 15 p.Nokleberg, W.J., and others, 1994, Metallogeny and major mineral deposits of Alaska and Metallogenic map of significant metalliferous lode deposits and placer districts of Alaska, in Plafker, G. and Berg, H.C., eds., The Geology of Alaska: Boulder, Colorado, Geological Society of America: The Geology of North America, v. G1, p. 855-904 and v. G1, Plate 11, scale 1:2,500,000.Wilson, F.H., Dover, J.H., Bradley, D.C., Weber, F.R., Bundtzen, T.K., and Haeussler, P.J., 1998, Geologic map of central (interior) Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-133, 17 p., 2 sheetsm, scale 1:500,000.