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Hippie Creek

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Zinc, Arsenic, Cadmium, Copper, Antimony
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Host and associated rocks
  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 10002595
MRDS ID A015032
Record type Site
Current site name Hippie Creek
Alternate or previous names Post River #2
Related records 10112950

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -153.66283, 62.26642 (WGS84)
Relative position The Hippie Creek occurrence crops out in an unnamed, east-flowing tributary of Post River at an elevation of 2,150 feet (655 m) in the SE1/4 sec. 11, T. 25 N., R. 24 W., of the Seward Meridian. Location is accurate as identified in Reed and Elliott (1968, C 596).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

McGrath B-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

McGrath SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

McGrath(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Cook Inlet Region, Incorporated(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Arsenic Critical Secondary
Cadmium Secondary
Copper Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Epidote Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Pliocene
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -153.66283, 62.26642
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The Hippie Creek occurrence contains pyrite, sphalerite, and argentiferous galena in scattered grains and discontinuous bands 2 to 25 cm wide, and found in a steep bedrock canyon where calcite-epidote veins cut limestone near the faulted contact between the Terra Cotta Mountains Sandstone and Barren Ridge Limestone of the Dillinger subterrane (Bundtzen, Harris,and Gilbert, 1997). The sulfide-rich vein also contains minor arsenopyrite.? the vein ranges from 6 inches to 6 feet wide and is obscured by talus on both sides of a steep canyon. Dike swarms and small stock-like bodies of porphyritic felsic rocks occur north of the limestone (Reed and Elliott, 1968, C 596). Sampling completed by Anaconda Minerals Company, who referred to the site as the Post River #2 prospect, contained a true width of 5.0 meters averaging 0.7 percent copper, 12.7 percent lead, 10.5 percent zinc, and 587.8 grams/tonne silver (Brewer and others, 1992). Grab samples of surface mineralization reported by Reed and Elliott (1968, C 596) contain up to 686.0 grams/tonne silver, 500 ppm cadmium, 0.30 percent copper, 7.00 percent lead, 300 ppm antimony, and 10.00 percent zinc.
  • Age = Unknown; thought to be Tertiary by Bundtzen, Kline, and Clough (1982) and Bundtzen, Harris, and Gilbert (1997).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name McGrath

Comments on the reserve resource information

  • Reserves = None known.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = The Hippie Creek occurrence was found and investigated by the late Bruce Reed during regional geological investigations conducted by the U.S. Geological Survey in the southern Alaska Range (Reed and Elliott, 1968, C 596). Sampling by the Anaconda Minerals Company, who referred to the site as the Post River #2 prospect, reported a 5.0 meter true width that averaged 0.7 percent copper, 12.7 percent lead, 10.5 percent zinc, and 587.8 grams/tonne silver (Brewer and others, 1992). Selected samples collected by Reed and Eliott (1968, C 596) contain up to 686.0 grams/tonne silver, 500 ppm cadmium, 0.30 percent copper, 7.00 percent lead, 300 ppm antimony, and 10.00 percent zinc.

Reference information

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Reed and Elliott, 1968 (C 596)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Polymetallic vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c).
Deposit Other Comments = the Hippie Creek prospect may be controlled along a high angle structure that also hosts the Veleska-South (MG050) prospect about 11 kilometers to the north.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 30-OCT-1998 T.K. Bundtzen Pacific Rim Geological Consulting

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