The Keku Islet is a zinc mine located in Alaska.
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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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Keku Islet MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Keku Islet
Secondary: Whitfield Zinc
Secondary: Keku Islet Metals
Secondary: Spallright
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Tertiary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Land ownership: State
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
Type: Located Claim
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Mining Method: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
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Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Not available
Comments
Comment (Deposit): USGS CRIB A002660 MUFFLER, 1967, P 22-23 & PLATE1 (B1241-C) 3 CLAIMS ACTIVE 1949. NO ACTIVITY SINCE. ARGENTIFEROUS SPHALERITE IN TRANSVERSE FRACTURES IN BASALT DIKE. SPHALERITE VEIN: 37.4% ZN & .24OZ/TON AG. BASALT DIKE CUTS HALLECK FORMATION. BARITE OCCURS AS ACCESSORY MINERAL. DEPOSIT DETERMINED SUBECONOMIC FOLLOWING 1949 USBM STUDY.
Comment (Reference): JERMAIN & RUTLEDGE, 1949, 3 P MEMORANDUM (BACK-UP FILE)
References
Reference (Deposit): MF464
Reference (Deposit): B1246 p. 188
Reference (Deposit): B773d pp. 138-139
Reference (Ownership): ALASKA KARDEX 116-028
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