Bowser Creek-Northeast

The Bowser Creek-Northeast is a silver, gold, lead, and zinc mine located in Alaska.

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Site Name

Primary: Bowser Creek-Northeast

Commodity

Primary: Silver
Primary: Gold
Primary: Lead
Primary: Zinc
Secondary: Copper
Secondary: Iron

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: Skarn Zn-Pb

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Extensive ferricrete oxidation of pyrrhotite and marmatite-rich sulfide zones.

Rocks

Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age in Years: 60.400000+-
Dating Method: K-Ar
Material Analyzed: Quartz porphyry
Age Young: Tertiary

Analytical Data

Not available

Materials

Ore: Marmatite
Ore: Sphalerite
Ore: Pyrrhotite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Hedenbergite
Gangue: Clinopyroxene
Gangue: Epidote
Gangue: Chlorite

Comments

Comment (Exploration): Status = Inactive

Comment (Geology): Age = Chronological age is for the Bowser Creek pluton.

Comment (Deposit): Model Name = Lead-zinc skarn (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 18c).

Comment (Reference): Primary Reference = Reed and Elliott, 1968 (C 559)

Comment (Geology): Age = Inferred to be Tertiary, based on a 60.4 Ma K-Ar age from quartz porphyry in the Bowser Creek pluton.

Comment (Geology): Geologic Description = The Bowser Creek-Northeast prospect is a north-trending, elongate mineral zone that averages 7 meters wide and about 300 meters long near a small body of quartz porphyry and related felsite dikes, which are satellite intrusions of the main Bowser Creek composite pluton (Bundtzen and others, 1988). The plutonic rocks intrude a limestone-rich section of the Dillinger subterrane (Bundtzen, Harris, and Gilbert, 1997); host rocks at the Bowser Creek Northeast prospect are Late Silurian to Lower Devonian in age. A prospect map was published by Reed and Elliott (1968, C 559). . According to Reed and Elliott (1968, C 559), the skarn typically consists of pyrrhotite and marmatite (iron-rich sphalerite) with abundant epidote, chlorite, clinopyroxene (hedenbergite), and quartz. Disseminated galena occurs in shear zones related to dike swarm activity. . Reed and Elliott (1968, C 559) reported values from chip sample traverses as high as 357.7 grams/tonne silver, 3.4 grams/ton gold, 2.44 percent copper, 24.00 percent lead, and 22.10 percent zinc. According to Bundtzen and others (1988), the average metallic content of several 5 meter chip samples taken across the the mineralized zone was 0.35 grams/tonne gold, 244.0 grams/tonne silver, 821 ppm copper, 12.13 percent lead, and 11.13 percent zinc.

Comment (Deposit): Other Comments = Part of a series of low temperature zinc-lead-silver skarns associated with Bowser Creek composite pluton (see MG066, MG068 prospects).

Comment (Workings): Workings / Exploration = The Bowser Creek-Northeast prospect was found by the late Bruce Reed during minerals investigations for the U.S. Geological Survey in the 1960s (Reed and Elliott, 1968, C 596). Reed and Elliott (1968, C 559) reported values from chip sample traverses as high as 357.7 grams/tonne silver, 3.4 grams/tonne gold, 2.44 percent copper, 24.00 percent lead, and 22.10 percent zinc. According to Bundtzen and others (1988), the average metallic content of several 5 meter chip samples taken across the mineralized zone was 0.35 grams/tonne gold, 244.0 grams/tonne silver, 821 ppm copper, 12.13 percent lead, and 11.13 percent zinc. No surface trenching or drilling have been conducted on the property.

References

Reference (Deposit): Reed, B.L. and Elliott, R.L., 1968, Geochemical anomalies and metalliferous deposits between Windy Fork and Post River, southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 596, 22 pages.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Iliamna, Lake Clark, Lime Hills, and McGrath quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-485, 101 p.

Reference (Deposit): Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the McGrath quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-379, 1 sheet, 1:250,000 scale.

Reference (Deposit): Bundtzen, T.K., Kline, J.T., Smith, T.E., and Albanese, M.D., 1988, Geology of the McGrath A-2 quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Professional Report 91, 18 p., 1sheet, scale 1:63,360.

Reference (Deposit): Bundtzen, T.K., Harris, E.E., and Gilbert, W.G., 1997, Geologic Map of the eastern McGrath quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigations 97-14, 34 pages, one sheet, scale 1:125,000.

Reference (Deposit): Reed, B.L. and Elliott, R.L., 1968, Geochemical anomalies and metalliferous deposits between Windy Fork and Post River, southern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 596, 22 pages.

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