The Starship is a zinc mine located in Alaska.
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Starship MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Starship
Commodity
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Cadmium
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: Prospect
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: Secondary dolomite.
Rocks
Role: Host
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Silurian
Analytical Data
Not available
Materials
Ore: Smithsonite
Comments
Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The Starship prospect was found by WGM Inc. and Patino Ltd. in the late 1970s during base metal exploration on lands selected by Doyon Ltd (Andrews and Rishel, 1982). Grab samples from surface explorations of high grade mineralization contain up to 23.25 percent zinc and 0.14 percent cadmium. Mineralized rubble crop distribution indicates a relatively small and discordant mineral body.
Comment (Commodity): Gangue = Secondary carbonate
Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive
Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Andrews and Rishel, 1982
Comment (Geology): Age = Age of host unit is Silurian (inferred), based on fossil control. (Dutro and Patton, 1982). The age of mineralization is unknown.
Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = See Spring Ridge (MD047), Bear Pass (MD044), Beaver (MD048), and Big Gate (MD050) Mississippi Valley Type occurrences in Medfra quadrangle. The Starship prospect is on land selected or conveyed to Doyon Ltd. For further information, contact Doyon Ltd. at 210 1st Ave., Fairbanks, Alaska, 99701.
Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Southeast Missouri Pb-Zn (Cox and Singer, 1986; model no. 32a) or Mississippi Valley Type
Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The Starship prospect consists of a smithsonite-bearing solution breccia in dolomite and limestone of the Paradise Fork Formation of Dutro and Patton (1982); this is unit 'Sic' of Andrews and Rishel (1982). Zone of mineralization measures about 15 feet by 100 feet (4.5 m by 30 m) and is mainly in rubble crop. Age of host unit is Silurian (inferred), based on fossil control. (Patton and others, 1980; Dutro and Patton, 1982; Schmidt, 1997). The age of the mineralization is unknown. Grab samples from surface explorations of high grade mineralization contain up to 23.25 percent zinc and 0.14 percent cadmium. Mineralized rubble crop distribution indicates a relatively small and discordant mineral body.
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): 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): 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.
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.
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