The Quartz Creek Silver-Lead-Zinc Occurrence is a lead, zinc, and silver mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 899 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: 899 Feet (274 Meters)
Commodity: Lead, Zinc, Silver
Lat, Long: 65.50583, -161.40750
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Quartz Creek Silver-Lead-Zinc Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Quartz Creek Silver-Lead-Zinc Occurrence
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Tertiary: Copper
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: Tourmaline And Sericite Alteration Along Closely Spaced Fractures
Rocks
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Quartz Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): SMALL BLEBS OF CHALCOPYRITE ASSOCIATED WITH SPHALERITE AND VISIBLE ONLY IN THIN SECTION.
Comment (Location): USGS MF-389, LOC. 7; USGS CIRCULAR 614, FIG. 2, LOC. 21. 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 PLACER MINED FROM 1927-40, BUT LODE DEPOSITS APPARENTLY NOT DISCOVERED UNTIL 1968 BY USGS.
Comment (Workings): NONE
Comment (Geology): HOOK-SHAPED QUARTZ MONZONITE QUARTZ CREEK PLUTON IS SURROUNDED BY ALTERED ZONE IN VOLCANIC ROCKS.
Comment (Deposit): NUMEROUS OCCURRENCES OF ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA, SPHALERITE, ,PYRITE, AND ARSENOPYRITE FOUND IN 18 MI. LONG, 2-5 MI. WIDE ALTERED ZONE SURROUNDING QUARTZ CREEK PLUTON AND EXTENDING N 15 DEGREES W ACROSS DRAINAGE BASIN OF QUARTZ CREEK. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT
Comment (Deposit): GOSSAN WITH VISIBLE GALENA; SEVERAL GOSSANS UP TO 4 FT WIDE IN QUARTZ MONZONITE.
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
References
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-389-7
Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 76-866, P. 47-48 (1976).
Reference (Deposit): USGS CIRCULAR 614, P. 4-7, 16-18, FIG. 2, SAMPLE NO. 21 (1969).
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-389, LOC. 7 (1972).
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