The Bowser Creek Occurrence is a zinc, lead, silver, and gold mine located in Alaska.
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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:
Commodity: Zinc, Lead, Silver, Gold
Lat, Long: 62.19028, -153.68889
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Bowser Creek Occurrence MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Bowser Creek Occurrence
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Secondary: Copper
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
Discovery Year: 1967
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: Iron Bearing Sulfide Minerals Weather To A Deep Reddish Brown.
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Chlorite
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Comments
Comment (Commodity): SEE USGS CIRC. 559, TABLE 3, SAMPLES 23-42.
Comment (Location): USGS MF-379, LOC. 12. NORTHEAST SIDE OF BOWSER CREEK. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Deposit): PODS AND LENSES OF SPHALERITE, GALENA, PYRRHOTITE, AND MINOR CHALCOPYRITE AND PYRITE IN SKARN AND VEINS IN SILICATED LIMESTONE, ADJACENT TO MAFIC AND FELSIC DIKES.
Comment (Geology): TALUS ISOLATES OUTCROPS. SKARN ZONE BENEATH TALUS MAY EXTEND OVER 1000 FT. MINERAL DEPOSITS ARE REPLACEMENT BODY SKARNS AND FISSURE VEINS IN PALEOZOIC LIMESTONE.
Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-379 (A-2) LOC. 12.
Reference (Deposit): USGS CIRC. 559, P. 5-8, 15.
Reference (Deposit): USGS CIRC. 569, P. 2-4.
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-379-12
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