Little Caribou Occurrence

The Little Caribou Occurrence is a mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Little Caribou Occurrence

Commodity

Secondary: Zinc
Secondary: Antimony
Secondary: Copper

Location

State: Alaska
District: Kantishna

Land Status

Land ownership: National Park
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: USBM GEOCHEMICAL SAMPLING INDICATES LARGE EXTENT OF MINERALIZATION, BUT GENERALLY LOW METAL CONTENT

Materials

Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Magnetite
Gangue: Ilmenite
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Hematite

Comments

Comment (Commodity): MINERALIZATION IS ERRATIC; STIBNITE OCCURS WITH TOURMALINE IN FLOAT; ZN ANOMALIES IN STREAM SEDIMENT

Comment (Location): PLOTTED FROM USBM OFR 24-78, FIG. 4.1-A(2) LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): USBM GEOCHEMICAL ANALYSIS REPORTED IN USBM OFR 24-78, TABLE 4.1-A(2) NOS. 165-178, NOS. 151-157.

Comment (Deposit): CONTACT METAMORPHIC DEPOSIT IN SKARN CARRIES MASSIVE SULPHIDES; STIBNITE FOUND IN FLOAT AS LIMESTONE REPLACEMENT MASSES

Comment (Geology): TACTITE IN BIRCH CREEK ROCKS

Comment (Deposit): ANOTHER CU OCCURRENCE AT LOT 63 45 36, LONG 150 31 09, (APPROX.): DISSEMINATED CHOLCOPYRITE AND MALACHITE IN SCHIST, ADGGS OFR98, P.39 LOC.68 ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

References

Reference (Deposit): USBM OFR 24-78, P. 4-46, FIG. 4.1-A(2)

Reference (Deposit): ADGGS OFR 98, P.39 LOC 69

Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-169A, P.46 LOC 29

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