The Quartz Creek Lead-Silver Occurrence is a lead and silver mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 551 feet.
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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
Elevation: 551 Feet (168 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Silver
Lat, Long: 65.53444, -161.39833
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Quartz Creek Lead-Silver Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Quartz Creek Lead-Silver Occurrence
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Zinc
Tertiary: Gold
Location
State: Alaska
District: Fairhaven
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: 1968
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Hydrothermal Sericite-Tourmaline Alteration Along Closely Spaced Fractures.
Rocks
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Volcanic Rock (Aphanitic)
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Tourmaline
Gangue: Feldspar
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Geology): HOOK-SHAPED QUARTZ MONZONITE QUARTZ CREEK PLUTON IS SURROUNDED BY ALTERED ZONE IN VOLCANIC ROCKS. FINE-GRAINED BIOTITE-HORNBLENDE QUARTZ MONZONITE ALTERED TO QUARTZ-FELDSPAR-TOURMALINE ROCK.
Comment (Deposit): NUMEROUS OCCURRENCES OF ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA, SPHALERIATE, PYRITE, ARSENOPYRITE IN ALTERED ZONE 18 MI. LONG AND 2-5 MI. WIDE SURROUNDING QUARTZ CREEK PLUTON; EXTENDING N 15 DEGREES ACROSS DRAINAGE BASIN OF QUARTZ CREEK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
Comment (Deposit): SULFIDE-BEARING TOURMALINE-QUARTZ ROCK IN ALTERED QUARTZ MONZONITE PLUTON CONTAINS DISSEMINATED GRAAINS AND MASSES OF GALENA, SPHALEEERITE, PYRITE, AND ARSENOPYRITE.
Comment (Workings): NONE
Comment (Location): USGS MF-389, LOC. 5; USGS CIRCULAR 614, FIG. 2, LOC. 12. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Development): QUARTZ CREEK AREA WAS PLACER MINED 1927-1940, BUT APPARENTLY LODE DEPOSITS WERE NOT DISCOVERED UNTIL 1968 BY USGS.
References
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-389-5
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 76-866, P. 47-48 (1976).
Reference (Deposit): USGS CIRCULAR 614, P. 4-7, 16-18, FIG. 2, SAMPLE LOCS. 11, 12 (1969).
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-389, LOC. 5 (1972).
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