The Sunshine Creek (CS), Bud Group is a lead, copper, and zinc mine located in Alaska.
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Sunshine Creek (CS), Bud Group MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Sunshine Creek (CS), Bud Group
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
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
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Ore: Malachite
Gangue: Pyrite
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Surface sampling and mapping and 10 drill holes.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Kuroko
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Bud Group claim (near VABM Ruby) may be located 2 km west of the location shown of the Sunshine Creek prospect shown here. This discrepancy may be due to changes in claim group names and locations during various years (unpublished information, Kennecott Exploration Co.)
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Hitzman and others, 1982
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Prospect hosted in Ambler sequence of metamorphosed Devonian and Mississippian volcanic, volcaniclastic, and sedimentary rocks. Ore minerals are concentrated in a felsic tuffaceous sedimentary section of rocks containing numerous basalt sills and flows immediataly above a basal carbonate section (Hitzmann and others, 1986, p. 1592-1618). Two mineralized horizons are identified having a strike length of about 5000 ft (1.6 km) (Nana Development Corp., written commun., 1997).???
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Geology): Age = Devonian
References
Reference (Deposit): Unpublished 1984 report by Bear Creek Mining
Reference (Deposit): Hitzman, M.W., Profett, J.M., Jr., Schmidt, J.M., and Smith, T.E., 1986, Geology and mineralization of the Ambler district, northwestern Alaska: Economic Geology, v. 81, p. 1592-1618.
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.
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.
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