The West Kivliktort is a lead and zinc mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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West Kivliktort MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: West Kivliktort
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Barium-Barite
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: Barite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = High-grade samples collected by the U.S. Bureau of Mines contain up to 30.5% Zn, 0.5% Pb, and 23% Ba; stream sediment samples contain up to 1700 ppm Zn and 200 ppm Pb (Jansons and Parke, 1981, p. 138-143).
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Mineralization occurs in float of quartz-cemented breccia and fracture-fillings in clastic rocks of the Upper Devonian to Lower Mississippian Endicott Group, and may be controlled by thrust contacts within the sequence.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Jansons and Parke (1981)
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = See MAS/MILS Sequence #0020200013 (USBM, 1995)
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Lode; sediment-hosted vein and breccia vein Pb-Zn-Ag.
References
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.
Reference (Deposit): Jansons, Uldis, 1982, Zinc-lead occurrences in and near the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report MLA 121-82, 55 p.
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