Vidlee Occurrence

The Vidlee Occurrence is a zinc, silver, and lead mine located in Alaska at an elevation of 3,999 feet.

About the MRDS Data:

All mine locations were obtained from the USGS Mineral Resources Data System. The locations and other information in this database have not been verified for accuracy. It should be assumed that all mines are on private property.

Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Vidlee Occurrence

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Silver
Primary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Tertiary: Gold

Location

State: Alaska
District: Colville Mining District

Land Status

Land ownership: National Park
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Discovery Year: 1986
Discovery Method: Other
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Not available

Rocks

Name: Shale
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Devonian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: 25% ZN, 1% CU, 1.5-2% PB, 200-1000 PPM AG, 0.75 AU

Materials

Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): USGS WORK: DETAILED ROCK SAMPLING; PART OF AMRAP STUDY NON USGS WORK: BUREAU OF MINES SAMPLED IN 1991 (SUMMER) ; INFO.SRC : 3 FIELD OBSERV

Comment (Location): ELEVATION ESTIMATED LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Comment (Development): NATURE OF DISCOVERY BY FOLLOW-UP GEOCHEMISTRY ; ECON.COM: EXTREMELY REMOSTE AREA; WITHIN NATIONAL PARK

Comment (Deposit): EXPOSED OVER LATERAL DISTANCE OF 25 M

Comment (Workings): NO WORKINGS

References

Reference (Deposit): DUTTWEILER, K.A., 1987, USE OF FACTOR ANALYSIS IN LOCATING BASE-METAL MINERALIZATIN IN THE KILLIK RIVER QUADRANGLE, ALASKA, IN HAMILTON, T.D., AND GALLOWAY, T.P. EDS., GEOLOGIC STUDIES IN ALASKA BY THE USGS DURING 1986: U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY CIRCULAR 998, P 27-30.

Reference (Deposit): KELLEY, K.D., AND KELLEY, D.L., 1991, RECONNAISSANCE EXPLORATION GEOCHEMISTRY IN THE CENTRAL BROOKS RANGE, NORTHERN ALASKA: IMPLICATIONS FOR EXPLORATION OF SEDIMENT-HOSTED ZINC-LEAD-SILVER DEPOSITS: JOURNAL OF GEOCHEMICAL EXPLORATION, IN PRESS.

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