The Big Creek is a lead and zinc mine located in Alaska.
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Big Creek MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Big Creek
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Location
State: Alaska
District: Fortymile
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
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Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Exploration): Status = Active?
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = See also Ladue prospect (TC012).
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The Big Creek prospect is in an area of possible stratiform sulfide deposits. It consists of galena, sphalerite and iron sulfides disseminated in quartz-mica schist of Paleozoic and/or Precambrian age (Eberlein and others, 1977, p. 101). The regional geology around the prospect consists of amphibolite-grade quartz-mica schist that is Precambrian to Paleozoic in age (Foster, 1970). High copper anomalies were found in soil samples collected during the early 1970's, although no primary mineralization was found on the surface (David Hedderly-Smith, oral communication, 1998).
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface exploration and soil sampling conducted in the 1970's. There probably has been more recent exploration in the area.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Eberlein and others, 1977
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Stratiform Pb-Zn volcanogenic deposit?
References
Reference (Deposit): Foster, H.L., 1970, Reconnaissance geologic map of the Tanacross quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geological Investigations Map I-593, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Singer, D.A., Csejtey, Bela, Jr., and Miller, R.J., 1978, Map and discussion of the metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral resources of the Talkeetna Mountains quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-file Report 78-588-Q, 33 p., 1 plate, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Eberlein, G.D., Chapman, R.M., Foster, H.L., and Gassaway, J.S., 1977, Map and table describing known metalliferous and selected nonmetalliferous mineral deposits in central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 77-168-D, 132 p., 1 map, scale 1:1,000,000.
Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., and Eberlein, G.D., 1980, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral deposits in the Big Delta and Tanacross quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-1086, 77 p.
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