Unnamed (Champion Creek)

The Unnamed (Champion Creek) is a silver, copper, zinc, and lead mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Unnamed (Champion Creek)

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Copper
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Secondary: Cadmium

Location

State: Alaska
District: Fairhaven

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: Polymetallic veins

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Oxidized; limonitic staining of marble.

Rocks

Not available

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Not available

Comments

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Gamble, 1988

Comment (Geology): Age = Unknown; if epigenetic, probably Cretaceous. If stratiform, probably Paleozoic.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Samples collected in the prospect trenches described as partly brecciated, iron-stained, dolomitic marble (Gamble, 1988), contain up to 1.4 % Zn, 7,000 ppm Pb, 10 ppm Ag, 1,000 ppm Cu, 300 ppm Cd, 360 ppm As, and 600 ppm Sb. Bedrock is extensively covered by tundra but what is exposed in the area is part of a lower Paleozoic metasedimentary assemblage (Till and others, 1986). Bedrock to the east of Independence Creek and northwest of Kiwalik Mountain may contain felsic metavolcanic rocks. Felsic metavolcanic rocks are associated with massive sulfide prospects, one 9,000 feet to the southeast of this locality (BN119) and one at Big Bar (BN083), southeast of Kiwalik Mountain.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Polymetallic sulfide mineralization in marble

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Some prospect (dozer ?) trenches are reported (Gamble, 1988).

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

References

Reference (Deposit): Gamble, B.M., 1988, Non-placer mineral occurrences in the Solomon, Bendeleben, and southern part of the Kotzebue quadrangles, western Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Map MF-1838-B, 13 p., 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Till, A.B., Dumoulin, J.A., Gamble, B. ., Kaufman, D.S., and Carroll, P.I., 1986, Preliminary geologic map and fossil data, Soloman, Bendeleben, and southern Kotzebue quadrangles, Seward Peninsula, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 86-276, 10 p., 3 plates, scale 1:250,000.

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