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Cache Creek - North

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Zinc, Lead
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307786
Record type Site
Current site name Cache Creek - North

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -154.07697, 63.5695 (WGS84)
Relative position The Cache Creek North occurrence is a soil-rubble anomaly located at an elevation of 1,500 feet (457 m) in a stream basin of the South Fork of White Mountain Creek in Section 20, T. 22 S., R. 25 E., of the Kateel River Meridian. Location is known to within 250 feet (76 m).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Medfra C-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Medfra N(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Medfra C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Zinc Critical Primary
Lead Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Gangue = Carbonate solution breccia

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Sphalerite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) White dolomite replacement.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 224
USGS model code 32a
Deposit model name Mississippi Valley, S.E. Missouri Pb-Zn
Mark3 model number 42

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Silurian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -154.07697, 63.5695
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Mineralization only occurs as rubble-crop of the Silurian Paradise Fork Formation of Dutro and Patton (1982), which is also unit 'Sic' of Andrews and Rishel (1982). Cache Creek North is northern end of North 55 degrees East striking unit of micritic limestone and white dolomite. The host rock is inferred to be Silurian based on fossil control (Dutro and Patton, 1982). A 3,000 foot (915 m)-long soil anomaly contains up to 1.05 percent zinc and 450 ppm lead (Andrews and Rishel, 1982).
  • Age = the host rock is inferred to be Silurian based on fossil control (Dutro and Patton, 1982). The age of the mineralization is unknown.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name McGrath

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = A 3,000 foot (915 m)-long soil anomaly contains up to 1.05 percent zinc and 450 ppm lead (Andrews and Rishel, 1982).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Patton, W.W., Jr., Moll, E.J., Dutro, J.T., Jr., Silberman, M.L., and Chapman, R.M., 1980, Preliminary geologic map of Medfra quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-811-A, 1 sheet, scale l:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Andrews, Tom, and Rishel, John, 1982, Annual Report for 198, Reef Ridge I-to-XIII Project Areas, Kuskokwim Block, Alaska: Anchorage, Alaska, WGM Inc., Project Report 4, 45 pages, two sheets at 1:63,360 and 1:20,000 scales. (Report held by Doyon, Limited, Fairbanks, Alaska.)

  • Deposit

    Dutro, T.T. Jr., and Patton,W.W. Jr., 1982, New Paleozoic Formations in the northern Kuskokwim Mountains, west-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1529-H, p. H13-H22.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Andrews and Rishel, 1982

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Southeast Missouri Pb-Zn (Cox and Singer, 1986; model no. 32a) or Mississippi Valley Type
Deposit Other Comments = See Reef Ridge deposit (MD055), and Cache Creek South (MD038) Prospect. The Cache Creek - North occurrence is on lands selected or owned by Doyon Ltd. For further infomation, contact Doyon Ltd at 210 1st Ave., Fairbanks, Alaska, 99701.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 02-JUN-98 Bundtzen, T.K. Pacific Rim Geological Consulting

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