The Glacier Creek Prospect is a lead, zinc, and barium-barite mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
Elevation:
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Barium-Barite
Lat, Long: 59.39444, -136.39167
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Glacier Creek Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Glacier Creek Prospect
Secondary: Marmot?
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Barium-Barite
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
District: Juneau District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1969
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Secondary Mins Include: Gypsum, Azurite, Chrysocolla, Limonite, Anglesite, Cerussite, Smithsonite
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Barite
Ore: Tetrahedrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Sericite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): PREDOMINANTLY BARITE WITH BASAL UNIT OF MASSIVE-SULFIDE WITH 1 TO 3% EACH OF CU, ZN, & PB, AND 2 TO 4 OZ/TON AG. MAINLY SUNGENETIC WITH MINOR EPIGENETIC FEATURES.
Comment (Geology): STRATIFORM DEPOSITS OCCUR IN SEQUENCE OF MAFIC VOLCANICS, PHYLLITIC SILTSTONE, AND LIMESTONE. DEPOSITS MAY BE PALEOZOIC OR UPPER TRIASSIC
Comment (Commodity): SECONDARY CU, PB, & ZN MINERALS REPORTED IN MINOR AMOUNTS
Comment (Location): NEAR CANADA-US BORDER WEST OF KLUKWAN LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 832, 33 P.
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS SPEC REPT 31, P. 45
Reference (Deposit): HAWLEY, C.C., 1976 EXPLORATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF STRATIFORM SULFIDE DEPOSITS IN ALASKA: IN SYMPOSIUM ON RECENT AND ANCIENT SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENTS IN ALASKA, T.P. MILLER EX: ALASKA GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, ANCHORAGE, P. T1-T28.
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