The Fritz is a zinc, lead, and silver mine located in Alaska.
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Fritz MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Fritz
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Primary: Lead
Primary: Silver
Secondary: Cadmium
Location
State: Alaska
District: Lisburne
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: Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrite
Ore: Marcasite
Ore: Galena
Comments
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = This description
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = This occurrence is a stratiform, black shale- and chert-hosted, synsedimentary, massive sulfide deposit in Mississippian to Permian strata (J. Britton, oral communication, 1998). Fifteen holes were drilled in the early 1980s. The drilling intercepted a complex, mineralized horizon grading less than 5% Zn and Pb over variable thicknesses, generally less than 20 feet. One mineralized intercept of more than 200 feet contained several intervals grading more than 10% combined lead and zinc. Another intercept graded more than 30% combined lead and zinc.
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = Fifteen drill holes were completed in the early 1980s.
Comment (Geology): Age = Mississippian to Permian.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 31a).
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Williams, Anita, 2000, Alaska Resource Data File, DeLong Mountains quadrangle: U. S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 00-023, 37 p.
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