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Unnamed (near Granite Creek)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  9. Nearby scientific data
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307278
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (near Granite Creek)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -162.53331, 65.22936 (WGS84)
Relative position This occurrence is on the northwest flank of Death Valley. It is on a small ridge (elevation 1,284 feet) between the east and west forks of a north tributary to Granite Creek. Granite Creek is the principal drainage in northwest Death Valley. This is locality 46 of Gamble (1988).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Bendeleben A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Bendeleben SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Bendeleben(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Norton Bay(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Fluorite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz-fluorite veining (and possibly other alteration of intrusive rocks) is present.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Nearby scientific data

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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Quartz-aplite breccia fillings and quartz-fluorite veins cut black slate hornfels (Miller and Grybeck, 1973). These contain up to several percent galena and sphalerite and minor chalcopyrite. Analytical data for four samples were reported by Miller and Grybeck (1973, Table 2). Two samples of aplite with disseminated galena and sphalerite each contain greater than 20,000 ppm Pb and greater than 10,000 ppm Zn; they also contain 30 and 50 ppm Ag and one contains 0.1 ppm Au. The other two samples from this locality contain anomalous Pb, Zn, and Ag as well as 0.02 and 0.04 ppm Au. This occurrence is in the hanging wall of the major normal fault that marks the southern boundary of the high grade metamorphic rocks and granitic intrusives of the Bendeleben Mountains (Till and others, 1986). Mining claims existed in this area in 1975 (Hudson and others, 1977).
  • Age = Cretaceous ; Epigenetic mineralization in metamorphic rocks of Seward Peninsula is primarily of Cretaceous age.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Probably inactive

Mining district

District name Koyuk

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Workings have not been reported but mining claims have been staked in the area and were current as of 1975 (Hudson and others, 1977).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Miller, T.P., and Grybeck, D.J., 1973, Geochemical survey of the eastern Solomon and southeastern Bendeleben quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 553, 115 p.

  • Deposit

    Hudson, T.L., Miller, M. L., and Pickthorn, W. J., 1977, Map showing metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral deposits, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-796-B, 46 p., one sheet, scale 1:1,000,000.

  • Deposit

    Till, A.B., Dumoulin, J.A., Gamble, B. ., Kaufman, D.S., and Carroll, P.I., 1986, Preliminary geologic map and fossil data, Soloman, Bendeleben, and southern Kotzebue quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-276, 10 p., 3 plates, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Gamble, B.M., 1988, Non-placer mineral occurrences in the Solomon, Bendeleben, and southern part of the Kotzebue quadrangles, western Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Map MF-1838-B, 13 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Miller and Grybeck, 1973

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Polymetallic veins ? (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c ?)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 15-MAR-99 Travis L. Hudson Applied Geology

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