The Kivliktort Mountain--West is a lead, zinc, and copper mine located in Alaska.
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Kivliktort Mountain--West MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Kivliktort Mountain--West
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Copper
Secondary: Silver
Location
State: Alaska
District: Noatak
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
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Mineralized breccias are scattered over an area 2500 ft (762 m) by 4200 ft (1280 m); a high-grade sample contained up to 31.4% Zn, 0.49% Pb, and 5.9 oz/t Ag (Meyer and Kurtak, 1992, p. 57-72).
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Meyer and Kurtak (1992)
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Lode; sediment-hosted vein and breccia vein Pb-Zn-Ag.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Sphalerite and minor galena occur as disseminated grains in silicified matrix and as fragments in sandstone breccia, and massive sphalerite occurs as fracture fillings in sandstone of the Shanin Lake member? of the Upper Devonian Kanayut Conglomerate; the breccias may be localized at the base of a thrust sheet over shale and siltstone of the Stuver member of the Kanayut.
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = See MAS/MILS Sequence #0020200003 (USBM, 1995)
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Meyer, M.P., and Kurtak, J.M., 1992, Results of the 1991 U.S. Bureau of Mines Colville mining district study: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 75-92, 101 p.
Reference (Deposit): Jansons, Uldis, and Parke, M.A., 1981, 1978 mineral investigations in the Misheguk Mountain and Howard Pass quadrangles: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 26-81, 193 p.
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