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Competition Creek

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite
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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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
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  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307429
Record type Site
Current site name Competition Creek
Alternate or previous names Rowdy

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -162.99374, 68.15944 (WGS84)
Relative position This prospect is at an elevation of about 900 feet, approximately at the center of section 22, T. 32 N., R. 19 W., of the Kateel River Meridian. This property is also referred to as the Rowdy prospect.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Northwest Arctic(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

De Long Mountains A-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

De Long Mountains SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

De Long Mountains(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Wulik-Kivalina Rivers(hydrologic unit)

Noatak River-Lisburne Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Barite Ore
Galena Ore
Marcasite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 208
USGS model code 31a
Deposit model name Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb
Mark3 model number 13

Nearby scientific data

(1) -162.99374, 68.15944
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The Competition Creek prospect is a syngenetic, sedimentary deposit of sulfide disseminations and lenses predominately of pyrite and marcasite, along with some galena and sphalerite. The deposit is in the black shales and cherts of the Kuna Formation (J. Britton, oral communication, 1998). Barite occurs in a shale horizon below the mineralized horizon. In this area, a mafic sill intrudes the Kivalina limestone and shale. The sill is highly propylitized, but appears to have been diorite or gabbro (Moore and others, 1986). The stratigraphic setting at Competition Creek is similar to that at Lik (ARDF number DL005).
  • Age = Mississippian to Triassic. A potassium argon date indicates that the deposit is Late Mississippian in age.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Lisburne

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = GCO drilled the property in the early 1980's. The ore is much lower grade than at Lik (ARDF number DL005).

Reference information

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Moore and others, 1986

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 31a).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 21-DEC-99 Williams, Anita U.S. Geological Survey

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