Horse Creek

The Horse Creek is a zinc, lead, and copper mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Horse Creek
Secondary: Cliff
Secondary: Dh, Lost

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper

Location

State: Alaska
District: Shungnak

Land Status

Not available

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Not available

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Massive sulfide, kuroko

Orebody

Not available

Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Bornite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Calcite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Sericite

Comments

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface geologic mapping, electromagnetic studies, geochemical sampling, trenching, and eight drill holes.??

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Sichermann and others, 1976

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Pyrite, chalcopyrite, bornite, galena and sphalerite form lenses, stringers, disseminations, and locally massive pods in metamorphosed Devonian-Mississippian volcanic, volcaniclastic, and sedimentary rocks. Sulfide lenses are complexly folded and faulted. Country rocks are interbedded porphyroblastic quartz-muscovite-calcite schist, graphitic schist, greenstone, (some have pillow structure, and some occur as plugs and sills throughout the section), and weakly metamorphosed semischistose graywacke (Nana Development Corp., written comm., 1997). Deposit is reported similar to Artic deposit (AR025).

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Kuroko

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = This massive sulfide prospect is in the Ambler schist belt. Nana Develpment Corporation information based on a 1984 unpublished Bear Creek Exploration report.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Active

Comment (Geology): Age = Devonian

References

Reference (Deposit): Degenhart, C.E., and Bigelow, C.G., 1974, Preliminary minerals evaluation NANA Regional Corporation selection lands: WGM, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska, unpublished report, 84 p. (Report held by NANA Regional Corporation, Anchorage, Alaska).

Reference (Deposit): Mayfield, C.F. and Grybeck, D., 1978, Mineral occurrences and resource map of the Ambler river quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-120I, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Sicherman, H.A., Russell, R.H., and Fikkan, P.R., 1976, The geology and mineralization of the Ambler district, Alaska: Spokane, Washington, Bear Creek Mining Company, 22 p.

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