Suds

The Suds is a lead and zinc mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Suds
Secondary: Hot Dog

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc

Location

State: Alaska
District: Lisburne

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Iron-oxide alteration (gossan).

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

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Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite

Comments

Comment (Exploration): Status = Active

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 31a).

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = the Suds prospect is on state land held by Cominco American. The site is about six miles north of the Red Dog mine.

Comment (Geology): Age = Mississippian.

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Business News Alaska Staff, 1999

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Cominco drilled the property in 1999 and announced significant lead-zinc mineralization in three drill holes. The mineralized intercepts were at depths between 2,182 feet and 2,459 feet.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The Suds prospect consists of a gossan that contains sphalerite and galena (I.F. Ellersieck, written communication, 1979). The deposit is in the Mississippian Lisburne Formation of black shale and chert, and the geologic setting is similar to that at the Red Dog and Lik deposits (ARDF numbers DL001 and DL005).? Cominco drilled the property in 1999 and announced significant lead-zinc mineralization at depth in three drill holes. The first intersection is 53 feet of 30% Zn and 6% Pb at a depth of 2,227 feet. The second intersection is 20 feet of 15% Zn and 5% Pb at a depth of 2,182 feet. The remaining intersection is 160 feet of 18% Zn and 5% Pb at a depth of 2,299 feet. The mineral deposit is flat-lying and open to the north, west, and south. (Business News Alaska Staff,1999).

References

Reference (Deposit): Business News Alaska, 1999, Cominco finds new lead zinc mineralization near Red Dog: Business News Alaska, v. 2, p. B15.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., Mayfield, C.F., and Brosge, W.P., 1981, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in eleven quadrangles in northern Alaska (Arctic, Baird Mountains, Chandler Lake, DeLong Mountains, Demarcation Point, Howard Pass, Misheguk Mountain, Mount Michelson, Noatak, Point Lay, and Table Mountain); Supplement to Open-File Report 75-628; Part A, Summaries of data to January 1, 1981: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-767-A, 25 p.

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