The Cache Creek - North is a zinc mine located in Alaska.
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Cache Creek - North MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Cache Creek - North
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Lead
Location
State: Alaska
District: McGrath
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Occurrence
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant:
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Model Name: Mississippi Valley, S.E. Missouri Pb-Zn
Orebody
Not available
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: White dolomite replacement.
Rocks
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Silurian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Sphalerite
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = A 3,000 foot (915 m)-long soil anomaly contains up to 1.05 percent zinc and 450 ppm lead (Andrews and Rishel, 1982).
Comment (Geology): Age = the host rock is inferred to be Silurian based on fossil control (Dutro and Patton, 1982). The age of the mineralization is unknown.
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Andrews and Rishel, 1982
Comment (Commodity): Gangue = Carbonate solution breccia
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = See Reef Ridge deposit (MD055), and Cache Creek South (MD038) Prospect. The Cache Creek - North occurrence is on lands selected or owned by Doyon Ltd. For further infomation, contact Doyon Ltd at 210 1st Ave., Fairbanks, Alaska, 99701.
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = Mineralization only occurs as rubble-crop of the Silurian Paradise Fork Formation of Dutro and Patton (1982), which is also unit 'Sic' of Andrews and Rishel (1982). Cache Creek North is northern end of North 55 degrees East striking unit of micritic limestone and white dolomite. The host rock is inferred to be Silurian based on fossil control (Dutro and Patton, 1982). A 3,000 foot (915 m)-long soil anomaly contains up to 1.05 percent zinc and 450 ppm lead (Andrews and Rishel, 1982).
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Southeast Missouri Pb-Zn (Cox and Singer, 1986; model no. 32a) or Mississippi Valley Type
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
References
Reference (Deposit): Andrews, Tom, and Rishel, John, 1982, Annual Report for 198, Reef Ridge I-to-XIII Project Areas, Kuskokwim Block, Alaska: Anchorage, Alaska, WGM Inc., Project Report 4, 45 pages, two sheets at 1:63,360 and 1:20,000 scales. (Report held by Doyon, Limited, Fairbanks, Alaska.)
Reference (Deposit): Dutro, T.T. Jr., and Patton,W.W. Jr., 1982, New Paleozoic Formations in the northern Kuskokwim Mountains, west-central Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1529-H, p. H13-H22.
Reference (Deposit): Patton, W.W., Jr., Moll, E.J., Dutro, J.T., Jr., Silberman, M.L., and Chapman, R.M., 1980, Preliminary geologic map of Medfra quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 80-811-A, 1 sheet, scale l:250,000.
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