Spud

The Spud is a silver, lead, and zinc mine located in Alaska.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

Name: Spud

State:  Alaska

County:  na

Elevation:

Commodity: Silver, Lead, Zinc

Lat, Long: 56.48, -131.98000

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Spud MRDS details

Site Name

Primary: Spud


Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc


Location

State: Alaska
District: Petersburg


Land Status

Not available


Holdings

Not available


Workings

Not available


Ownership

Not available


Production

Not available


Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:


Physiography

Not available


Mineral Deposit Model

Not available


Orebody

Not available


Structure

Not available


Alterations

Not available


Rocks

Not available


Analytical Data

Not available


Materials

Gangue: Calcite


Comments

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Commodity): Ore Material = Sulfide minerals

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The country rocks in the general area of the Spud prospect (Koch, 1996, 1997) are Mesozoic or Paleozoic pelitic schist and paragneiss, and subordinate amphibolite and marble. The Spud deposit has been described as a sulfide replacement in marble (Elliott and Koch, 1981, loc. 1). No other geological information about this prospect has been made public.

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Some diamond drilling and probably some minor trenching.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Elliott and Koch, 1981


References

Reference (Deposit): U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1979, Claim map 118: Mines and prospects of the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 20-73, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Koch, R.D., 1997, Metalliferous mineral resource potential in the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 97-271, 57 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Elliott, R.L., and Koch, R.D., 1981, Mines, prospects, and selected metalliferous mineral occurrences in the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728-B, 23 p., 1 sheet, scales 1:250,000 and 1:63,360.

Reference (Deposit): Koch, R.D., 1996, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Bradfield Canal quadrangle, southeastern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-728-A, 35 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.


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