The Vidlee is a silver, zinc, and lead mine located in Alaska.
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Vidlee MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Vidlee
Commodity
Primary: Silver
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: 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
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Mineralized rocks contain up to 25% Zn, 1% Cu, 1.5-2% Pb, 300 ppm Ag, 1,000 ppm As, and 0.75 Au.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Occurrence consists of quartz veins and breccias hosted in shale and shaly siltstone of the Hunt Fork Shale. Outcrop of mineralized rocks is exposed along a stream drainage over a distance of about 25 m. It cannot be traced from this single exposure due to tundra cover. Mineralized rocks are primarily quartz veins and breccias containing galena and sphalerite, although chalcopyrite and pyrite are also present.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Kelley and Mull, 1995, MF-2225-A
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Pb-Zn quartz veins and vein-breccias
Comment (Geology): Age = Probably Late Devonian-Mississippian
References
Reference (Deposit): Duttweiler K.A., 1987, Use of factor analysis in locating base metal mineralization in the Killik River Quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular C 0998, pp.27-30.
Reference (Deposit): Kelley, K.D., and Kelley, D.L., 1992, Reconnaissance exploration geochemistry in the central Brooks Range, northern Alaska; implications for exploration of sediment-hosted zinc-lead-silver deposits: Journal of Geochemical Exploration, vol.42, no.2-3, pp.273-300.
Reference (Deposit): Kelley, K.D., and Mull, C.G., 1995, Maps showing areas of potential for mineral resources in the Killik River quadrangle, Brooks Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2225-A, scale 1:250,000.
Reference (Deposit): Kelley, K.D., Mull, C. G., and Barton, H. N., 1995, Maps showing the distribution of selected elements in minus 30-mesh stream-sediment samples from the southern part of the Killik River quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2225-C, scale 1:250,000.
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