Snowy Peak

The Snowy Peak is a zinc and lead mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Snowy Peak

Commodity

Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead

Location

State: Alaska
District: Black

Land Status

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Holdings

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Workings

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Ownership

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Production

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Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Prospect
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:

Physiography

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Mineral Deposit Model

Model Name: Mississippi Valley, Appalachian Zn

Orebody

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Structure

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Alterations

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Rocks

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Analytical Data

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Materials

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Comments

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = These prospects lie on Doyon, Limited selected or conveyed land. For more information, contact Doyon, Limited.

Comment (Exploration): Status = Active

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The southern Snowy Peak prospects are underlain by Precambrian dolomite, Permian argillite, Devonian limestone, Permian Step Conglomerate, and Cretaceous Keenan Quartzite (Dover and Miyaoka, 1988). The northern Snowy Peak prospects are underlain by the Nation River Formation and Precambrian basalt. Anomalous lead and zinc values were found in soil and silt samples. The source of the anomalies is unknown. Float rocks from the southern area are very heavily iron stained (Andres and others, 1977). Samples in the Snowy Peak prospect areas contain 470 parts per million zinc. Snowy Peak prospects have been intermittently soil and silt sampled since the mid-1970s (Doyon. Limited, 1986).

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Snowy Peak prospects have been intermittently soil and silt sampled since the mid-1970s.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Carbonate-hosted Zn? (Schmidt, 1997; Cox and Singer, 1986; model 32b)

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Andres and others, 1977

References

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): Dover, J.A., and Miyaoka, R.T., 1988, Reinterpreted geologic map and fossil data, Charley River quadrangle, east-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-2004, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

Reference (Deposit): Andrews, Tom, Bigelow, C.G., Fernette, J.P., Jirik, R., Kretschmar, U., Kretschmar, D., Lessman, J., McOuat, M., Martin, W., Ruzicka, J., Sandrock, G., Skyllingstad, P., Yinger, M., 1977, 1976 Annual progress report, Doyon project volume 1a, blocks 1, 4, 5, 7, 8: Anchorage, Alaska, WGM, Inc., p. 7-1 to 7-23. (Report held by Doyon, Limited, Fairbanks, Alaska.)

Reference (Deposit): Doyon, Limited, 1986, Mines, prospects, and geochemical anomalies on Doyon, Limited, regional overselection lands, Alaska: Fairbanks, Alaska, Doyon, Limited, Report 86-01A, v. 1, 150 p. (Report held by Doyon, Limited, Fairbanks, Alaska.)

Reference (Deposit): Northstar Exploration, Inc., 1999, 1998 Annual Report Kandik, Block 7: Fairbanks, Alaska. (Report held by Doyon, Limited, Fairbanks, Alaska.)

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