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Bowser Creek-Northeast

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Gold, Lead, Zinc, Copper, Iron
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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 10307866
Record type Site
Current site name Bowser Creek-Northeast

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -153.69282, 62.19048 (WGS84)
Relative position The Bowser Creek-Northeast prospect is located on a steep, north-trending spur on the north side of Bowser Creek valley; it is at an elevation of 4,700 feet to 5,100 feet (1,432 to 1,554 meters) in sec. 4, T. 24 N., R. 24 W., of the Seward Meridian. The prospect is precisely known; the reporter visited the site in 1982.

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 A-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)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Gold Primary
Lead Primary
Zinc Critical Primary
Copper Secondary
Iron Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyrrhotite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Marmatite Ore
Chlorite Gangue
Epidote Gangue
Clinopyroxene Gangue
Hedenbergite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Extensive ferricrete oxidation of pyrrhotite and marmatite-rich sulfide zones.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 60
USGS model code 18c
Deposit model name Skarn Zn-Pb
Mark3 model number 22

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type
    Rock unit name Bowser Creek
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Tertiary
    Chronological age 60.4
    Dating method K-Ar
    Type of media Quartz porphyry

Nearby scientific data

(1) -153.69282, 62.19048
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The Bowser Creek-Northeast prospect is a north-trending, elongate mineral zone that averages 7 meters wide and about 300 meters long near a small body of quartz porphyry and related felsite dikes, which are satellite intrusions of the main Bowser Creek composite pluton (Bundtzen and others, 1988). The plutonic rocks intrude a limestone-rich section of the Dillinger subterrane (Bundtzen, Harris, and Gilbert, 1997); host rocks at the Bowser Creek Northeast prospect are Late Silurian to Lower Devonian in age. A prospect map was published by Reed and Elliott (1968, C 559). . According to Reed and Elliott (1968, C 559), the skarn typically consists of pyrrhotite and marmatite (iron-rich sphalerite) with abundant epidote, chlorite, clinopyroxene (hedenbergite), and quartz. Disseminated galena occurs in shear zones related to dike swarm activity. . Reed and Elliott (1968, C 559) reported values from chip sample traverses as high as 357.7 grams/tonne silver, 3.4 grams/ton gold, 2.44 percent copper, 24.00 percent lead, and 22.10 percent zinc. According to Bundtzen and others (1988), the average metallic content of several 5 meter chip samples taken across the the mineralized zone was 0.35 grams/tonne gold, 244.0 grams/tonne silver, 821 ppm copper, 12.13 percent lead, and 11.13 percent zinc.
  • Age = Inferred to be Tertiary, based on a 60.4 Ma K-Ar age from quartz porphyry in the Bowser Creek pluton.
  • Age = Chronological age is for the Bowser Creek pluton.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name McGrath.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = The Bowser Creek-Northeast prospect was found by the late Bruce Reed during minerals investigations for the U.S. Geological Survey in the 1960s (Reed and Elliott, 1968, C 596). Reed and Elliott (1968, C 559) reported values from chip sample traverses as high as 357.7 grams/tonne silver, 3.4 grams/tonne gold, 2.44 percent copper, 24.00 percent lead, and 22.10 percent zinc. According to Bundtzen and others (1988), the average metallic content of several 5 meter chip samples taken across the mineralized zone was 0.35 grams/tonne gold, 244.0 grams/tonne silver, 821 ppm copper, 12.13 percent lead, and 11.13 percent zinc. No surface trenching or drilling have been conducted on the property.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Reed and Elliott, 1968 (C 559)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Lead-zinc skarn (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 18c).
Deposit Other Comments = Part of a series of low temperature zinc-lead-silver skarns associated with Bowser Creek composite pluton (see MG066, MG068 prospects).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 13-OCT-98 T.K. Bundtzen Pacific Rim Geological Consulting

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