The Casca Zinc is a lead and zinc mine located in Alaska.
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Casca Zinc MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Casca Zinc
Commodity
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Barium-Barite
Location
State: Alaska
District: Black
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: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Iron oxide, sulfides, and silicification occur mainly along fault and fracture zones (DiMarchi and others, 1993).
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Hematite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Barite
Comments
Comment (Geology): Age = Early Cambrian or younger, based on the age of the host rocks.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = DiMarchi and others, 1993
Comment (Exploration): Status = Active
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Carbonate-hosted Zn-Pb; Appalachian Zn (Schmidt, 1997; Cox and Singer, 1986; model 32b)
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = This property lies on Doyon, Limited selected or conveyed land. For more information, contact Doyon, Limited. This site is within the Yukon-Charley Rivers National Preserve.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The mineralization at Casca Zinc prospect is hosted by limestone of the Lower Cambrian Funnel Creek Formation (Brabb and Churkin, 1969). The deposits consists of fracture and open-space fillings that locally contain specular hematite, barite, and sphalerite. The sphalerite is typically massive, very fine grained, and compact, but is also found disseminated throughout the limestone (DiMarchi and others, 1993). Alteration consists mainly of silicification of fossiliferous limestone, but iron oxides and specular hematite can be locally abundant. Most of the iron oxide, alteration, and sulfide mineralization is confined to fault and fracture zones. Soil sampling programs starting in the mid-1970s have outlined areas of anomalous zinc and lead. Rock samples from Casca Zinc prospect yield as much as 18.9 percent Zn (DiMarchi and others, 1993).
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Several soil and rock sampling programs have been carried out on the property, beginning in the mid-1970s. In 1993, a detailed mapping program was completed by ASA Inc. This property lies on Doyon, Limited selected or conveyed land.
References
Reference (Deposit): DiMarchi, J.J., Weglarz, T.B., Adams, D.D., Hubert, J.A., and West, A.W., 1993, 1993 annual report reconnaissance program, Doyon option lands: ASA Inc., 120 p. (Report held by Doyon Ltd., Fairbanks, Alaska.)
Reference (Deposit): Schmidt, J.M., 1997, Shale-hosted Zn-Pb-Ag and barite deposits of Alaska, in Goldfarb, R.J., and Miller, L.D., eds., Mineral Deposits of Alaska, 1997: Economic Geology Monograph 9, p. 35-65.
Reference (Deposit): Brabb, E.E., and Churkin, M.J., 1969, Geologic map of the Charley River quadrangle, east-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Geologic Investigations Map I-573, 1 sheet, scale 1:250,000.
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