The Drenchwater--West is a zinc and lead mine located in Alaska.
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Drenchwater--West MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Drenchwater--West
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
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: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Galena
Ore: Sphalerite
Gangue: Quartz
Comments
Comment (Exploration): Status = Not determined
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Nokleberg and Winkler (1982)
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Samples contain as much as >10,000 ppm Zn, 20,000 ppm Pb, 1500 ppm Ba, and 150 ppm Ag (Nokleberg and Winkler, 1982, p. 16).
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Lode; sediment-hosted Pb-Zn
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Sulfides occur as disseminated grains, fracture fillings, and in boxwork quartz in black chert and siliceous shale of Mississippian to Lower Pennsylvanian(?) Kuna Formation of the Lisburne Group; an interbed of felsic to intermediate(?) volcanic rocks occurs nearby. These sulfides are about midway in a west-northwest-trending zone of sporadic occurrences that extends about 1.25 mi (2 km) parallel to the strike of bedding. The sulfides are probably syngenetic.
Comment (Geology): Age = K-Ar ages of 319+10 and 330+17 Ma were obtained from biotite from a volcanic interbed within the mineralized belt; a Pb-isotope model age of 200 Ma was obtained from galena.
References
Reference (Deposit): Mayfield, C.F., Curtis, S.M., Ellersieck, I., and Tailleur, I.L., 1979, The Ginny Creek zinc-lead-silver and Nimiuktuk barite deposits, northwestern Brooks Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 804-B, p. B11-B12.
Reference (Deposit): Nokleberg, W.J., and Winkler, G.R., 1978, Stratiform zinc-lead mineralization, Drenchwater Creek area, Howard Pass quadrangle, western Brooks Range, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 772-B, p. B15-B17
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.
Reference (Deposit): Nokleberg, W.J., and Winkler, G.R., 1982, Stratiform zinc-lead deposits in the Drenchwater Creek area, Howard Pass quadrangle, northwestern Brooks Range, Alaska; U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1209, 22 p., 2 over-size plates, scale 1:19,800
Reference (Deposit): Jansons, Uldis, and Baggs, D.W., 1980, Mineral investigations of the Misheguk Mountains and Howard Pass quadrangles, National Petroleum Reserve, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 38-80, 76 p.
Reference (Deposit): Churkin, M. Jr., Mayfield, C.F., Theobald, P.K., Barton, H., Nodleberg, W.J., Winkler, G.R., and Huie, C., 1978, Geological and geochemical appraisal of metallic mineral resources, southern National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-70A, 82 p.
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