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Hard Luck Creek

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307404
Record type Site
Current site name Hard Luck Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -141.14277, 65.2298 (WGS84)
Relative position The Hard Luck Creek prospect is at an elevation of about 3,500 feet, near VABM Mush, in sections 27 and 34, T. 5 N., R. 32 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The location is accurate to within 2 miles. This prospect is located on Doyon, Ltd. selected or conveyed land.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Charley River A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Charley River SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Charley River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Doyon, Limited(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve(National Preserve)

National Preserve NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Barium-Barite Critical Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Bismuth Critical Secondary

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 228
USGS model code 32b
Deposit model name Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
Mark3 model number 42

Nearby scientific data

(1) -141.14277, 65.2298
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The Hard Luck Creek prospect area is underlain by a structural duplex comprising a series of west-dipping thrust faults (Doyon, Limited, 1986). The duplex is formed within a north-dipping Devonian to Ordovician sequence of sedimentary rocks that includes the Road River Formation, McCann Hill Chert, and Nation River Formation (DiMarchi and others, 1993). The deposit is hosted in Upper Proterozoic carbonaceous shale and carbonate rocks of the Tindir Group (Doyon, Limited, 1986; Schmidt, 1997). Soil samples in the area revealed anomalous zinc and barium (DiMarchi and others, 1993). WGM Inc.'s soil samples taken prior to the 1993 program also showed anomalous gold, but this was not replicated by the program in 1993 (DiMarchi and others, 1993).
  • Age = Late Proterozoic.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Active

Mining district

District name Black

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = WGM Inc. conducted a soil sampling program in the mid-1970s, and ASA Inc. conducted another soil and rock sampling program in 1993.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Doyon, Limited, 1986, Mines, prospects, and geochemical anomalies on Doyon, Limited, regional overselection lands, Alaska: Fairbanks, Alaska, Doyon, Limited, Report 86-01A, v. 1, 150 p. (Report held by Doyon, Limited, Fairbanks, Alaska.)

  • Deposit

    DiMarchi, J.J., Weglarz, T.B., Adams, D.D., Hubert, J.A., and West, A.W., 1993, 1993 annual report reconnaissance program, Doyon option lands: ASA Inc., 120 p. (Report held by Doyon Ltd., Fairbanks, Alaska.)

  • 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.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = DiMarchi and others, 1993

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Carbonaceous shale-hosted Zn-Pb (Schmidt, 1997; Cox and Singer, 1986; 32b).
Deposit Other Comments = This property lies within Doyon, Limited selected or conveyed land. For more information, contact Doyon, Limited. This site is within the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-APR-00 Cameron, C.E. Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys

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