The Siniktanneyak--Northwest is a zinc and copper mine located in Alaska.
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Siniktanneyak--Northwest MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Siniktanneyak--Northwest
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
District: Colville
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
Not available
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Jansons and Baggs (1980)
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Samples contain up to 160 ppm Cu and 225 ppm Zn (Jansons and Baggs, 1980, p. 67)
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = the occurrence is in a N60W-trending, 200 ft (61 m) wide zone of red-weathering pyritiferous felsic plutonic rock associated with a Jurassic? mafic/ultramafic complex (Jansons and Baggs, 1980, p. 66).
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Lode
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Age = Jurassic
References
Reference (Deposit): Jansons, Uldis, and Baggs, D.W., 1980, Mineral investigations of the Misheguk Mountains and Howard Pass quadrangles, National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 38-80, 76 p.
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