Husky

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Lead, Zinc

Sections on this page

Identification information
Geographic coordinates
Site location context
Geographic areas
Commodities
Materials information
Mineral occurrence model information
Nearby scientific data
Economic information about the deposit and operations
Mining district
Links to other databases
Bibliographic references
General comments
Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10308569
Record type	Site
Current site name	Husky

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates:	-162.60372, 68.09944 (WGS84)
Relative position	The Husky occurrence, at the center of an old Kennicott claim block, is at an elevation of about 1,400 feet, about 6 miles west of the Kelly River. The map site is at the west-central edge of section 22, T. 31 N., R. 16 W., of the Kateel River Meridian. The location is accurate within 2 miles.

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)

Lower Noatak River(hydrologic unit)

Noatak River-Lisburne Peninsula(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

NANA Regional Corporation, 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
Lead	Primary
Zinc Critical	Primary

Materials information

Materials	Type of material
Galena	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)	JIPe	ListMap

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

Geologic Description = The Husky occurrence consists of galena and sphalerite in veins cutting Mississippian-Permain Endicott Group sandstones (Noatak Formation?). Husky has been interpreted as a sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb deposit (Werden, 1998).
Age = Mississippian to Permian.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic

Comments on exploration

Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name	Noatak

Comments on the workings information

Workings / Exploration = Kennecott held claims in 1984.

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
USGS	Alaska Resource Data File	ARDF	DL002

Bibliographic references

Deposit

Eakins, G.R., Bundtzen, T.K., Robinson, M.S., Clough, J.G., Green, C.B., Clautice, K.H., and Albanese M.A., 1983, Alaska's mineral industry, 1982, Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report 31, 63 p.
Deposit

Werdon, M.B., 1998, Lead isotopic ratios, ICP and XRF analyses, and fluid inclusion data for the Kady Zn-Pb-Cu-Ag vein-breccia prospect, northern Brooks Range, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Public-Data File 98-44, 20 p.

Comments on the references

Primary Reference = Werdon, 1998

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

Beyond USGS

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