Sunshine Creek (CS), Bud Group

The Sunshine Creek (CS), Bud Group is a lead, copper, and zinc mine located in Alaska.

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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 This discrepancy may be due to changes in claim group names and locations during various years (unpublished information, Kennecott Exploration Co.)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Reference (Deposit): Unpublished 1984 report by Bear Creek Mining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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