Sheep Creek-South

The Sheep Creek-South is a zinc mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Sheep Creek-South

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Iron

Location

State: Alaska
District: McGrath

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
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: None recognized.

Rocks

Name: Monzonite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Pliocene

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Polymetallic veins (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c).

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = At the Sheep Creek occurrence, sphalerite occurs in small lenses along shear zones in dikes near the north side of a small stock that cuts limestone and siltstone of the mid-Silurian Terra Cotta Mountains Sandstone, a formation within the Dillinger subterrane (Bundtzen, Harris, and Gilbert, 1997). According to Reed and Elliott (1968, C 596), selected grab samples contain up to 5.00 percent zinc.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Reed and Elliott, 1968 (C 596)

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Only surface sampling data is available from the occurrence. According to Reed and Elliott (1968, C 596), selected grab samples contain up to 5.00 percent zinc.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): Bundtzen, T.K., Kline, J.T., and Clough, J.G., 1982, Preliminary geologic map of the McGrath B-2 quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Open-File report 149, 22 pages, one sheet, scale 1:63,360.

Reference (Deposit): Reed, B.L. and Elliott, R.L., 1968, Geochemical anomalies and metalliferous deposits between Windy Fork and Post River, southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 596, 22 pages.

Reference (Deposit): Bundtzen, T.K., Harris, E.E., and Gilbert, W.G., 1997, Geologic Map of the eastern McGrath quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigations 97-14, 34 pages, one sheet, scale 1:125,000.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the McGrath quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-379, 1 sheet, 1:250,000 scale.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Iliamna, Lake Clark, Lime Hills, and McGrath quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-485, 101 p.

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