Mine detail: Unnamed (west of the Middle Fork Chandalar River)

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 68.03976, -147.82335

Resource(M)

Primary: Zinc, Lead
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite, Tetrahedrite
Gangue: Quartz

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Occurrence

Geology

Host rock:Skajit Limestone;Beaucoup Formation; Brown Shale Member
Host type:Volcanic Breccia (Agglomerate)

References

MRDSA012511
DEP10001727
Reference{Deposit:: Cathrall, J.B., Cooley, E.F., Detra, D.E., and *eary, R.M., 1977, A listing and statistical summary of spectrographic and chemical analysis of stream-sediment and rock samples from the Philip Smith Mountains quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-244, 79 p.}{Deposit:: Detra, D.E., 1977, Delineation of an anomalous lead-zinc area in the Philip Smith Mountains A-2 quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-223, 11 p.}{Deposit:: Barker, J.C., 1978, Mineral Investigations of certain lands in the eastern Brooks Range: a summary report: US Bureau of Mines Open-File No. 63-78}{Deposit:: Dutro, J.T., Jr., 1978, Potential stratabound lead-zinc mineralization, Philip Smith Mountains quadrangle, Alaska, in Johnson, K. M., ed., The United States Geological Survey in Alaska, Accomplishments during 1977: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 772-B, p. B9-B11.}{Deposit:: Menzie, W.D., Reiser, H.N., Brosgi, W.P., and Detterman, R.L., 1985, Map showing distribution of mineral resources (excepting oil and gas) in the Philip Smith Mountains quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Investigations Map MF-879-C, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.}{Deposit:: Schmidt, J.M., 1997, Shale-hosted Zn-Pb-Ag and barite deposits of Alaska, in Goldfarb, R.J., and Miller, L.D., eds., Mineral Deposits of Alaska, 1997: Economic Geology Monograph 9, p. 35-65.}
ReporterJ.M. Britton