Mine detail: Ginny Creek

Previously called ''

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Location

Lat / long: 68.28948, -161.30373

Resource(M)

Primary: Lead, Zinc
Ore: Chalcopyrite, Galena, Sphalerite
Gangue: Pyrite, Siderite

Production

Operation type: Unknown
Development status: Prospect

Geology

Host rock:Noatak Sandstone;Noatak Sandstone;Utukok Formation
Host type:Sandstone
Alteration processes:Iron-staining, leaching

References

MRDSA015680
DEP10003147
Reference{Deposit:: Mayfield, C.F., Curtis, S.M., Ellersieck, I.F., and Tailleur, I.L., 1979, Reconnaissance geology of the Ginny Creek zinc-lead-silver and Nimiuktuk barite deposits, northwestern Brooks Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 79-1092, 20 p., 2 over-size sheets}{Deposit:: 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 804B, p. B11-B12.}{Deposit:: Curtis, S.M., Ellersieck, I.F., Mayfield, C.F., and Tailleur, I.L., 1980, Silver, copper, lead, and zinc stream-sediment geochemical anomalies in Misheguk Mountain quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-315, scale 1:250,000.}
ReporterM.T.Powers, J.M. Schmidt, D.F. Huber