Whoopee Creek

The Whoopee Creek is a lead and zinc mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Whoopee Creek

Commodity

Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Copper

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

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Orebody

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Structure

Not available

Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz

Comments

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Jansons and Parke (1981)

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Lode; sediment-hosted vein and breccia vein Pb-Zn-Ag

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Samples collected by the U.S. Bureau of Mines contain up to 0.24%Cu, 44% Pb, 46% Zn, 4.4 ppm Au, 460 ppm Ag, and 3700 ppm Cd (Jansons and Parke , 1981, p. 188).

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = See MAS/MILS Sequence #'s 0020200007 and 0020200029 (USBM, 1995)

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Sphalerite and galena in brecciated siltstone and shale of volcanic-bearing facies of Lower Mississippian Kayak Formation in structural window below thrust sheet of dominantly Upper Devonian Kanayut Conglomerate. The mineralized zone is about 20 ft wide and has a N65E trend of unknown extent. ??

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

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): Ellersieck, I.F., Jansons, Uldis, Mayfield, C.F., and Tailleur, I.L., 1982. The Story Creek and Whoopee Creek lead-zinc-silver occurrences, western Brooks Range, Alaska, in Coonrad, W.L., ed., The United States Geological Survey in Alaska: Accomplishments during 1980: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 844, p. 35-38

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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