Indian River Occurrence

The Indian River Occurrence is a zinc 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

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Site Name

Primary: Indian River Occurrence

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Hughes

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: N
Deposit Size: S

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Both The Intrusive Rocks And The Intruded Ondesite Are Much Oxidized And Altered

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: ZN: 200-700 PPM. SEE REF 2, P. 5, TABLE 1.
Analytical Data: AU: 6 PPM (.16 OZ PER TON)

Materials

Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Gold
Gangue: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): SPHALERITE DISSEMINATED IN HIGHLY ALTERED, FINE GRAINED, PYRITIFEROUS INTRUSIVE ROCK THAT ALSO CONTAINS AS MUCH AS 6 PPM AU DOWNSTREAM FROM PLACER AREA.

Comment (Deposit): THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Comment (Location): USGS MF-458, LOC. 6. DEPOSIT DOWNSTREAM FROM PLACER MINING AREA NEAR CONFLUENCE OF UNNAMED CREEK AND INDIAN RIVER. SEE REF. 2., P. 4, LOC 6. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS MF-458 (D-2), LOC. 6

Reference (Deposit): USGS C 570, P. 4-6.

Reference (Deposit): USGS OF 81-847 B, LOC. 6

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