Deposit ID | 10003158 |
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MRDS ID | A015691 |
Record type | Deposit |
Current site name | Su-Lik |
Alternate or previous names | Wulik River |
Point of reference | Centroid |
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Geographic coordinates: | -163.205, 68.166 (WGS84) |
Elevation | 300 |
Location accuracy | 100(meters) |
Relative position | The Lik prospect is in the headwaters of east-flowing tributaries to Wulik River. The location is for the center of the Lik South/Su orebody, as shown on the Zazu Metals property map. Lik North is adjacent, but offset to the east by a fault. http://www.zazumetals.com/i/pdf/presentation.pdf |
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Country | State |
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United States | Alaska |
Meridian | Township | Range | Section | Fraction | State |
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Kateel River | 32 N | 20 W | 14, 15, 22 | Alaska |
Commodity | Importance |
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Silver | Primary |
Lead | Primary |
Zinc | Primary |
Cadmium | Tertiary |
Barium-Barite | Tertiary |
Barium-Barite | Secondary |
Cadmium | Secondary |
Materials | Type of material |
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Boulangerite | Ore |
Bournonite | Ore |
Galena | Ore |
Marcasite | Ore |
Pyrite | Ore |
Sphalerite | Ore |
Barite | Ore |
Calcite | Gangue |
Dolomite | Gangue |
Model code | 208 |
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USGS model code | 31a |
BC deposit profile | E14 |
Deposit model name | Sedimentary exhalative Zn-Pb |
Mark3 model number | 13 |
Host or associated | Associated |
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Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Mudstone |
Host or associated | Host |
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Rock type | Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Sandstone |
Centroid (1) | -163.205, 68.166 |
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Name of the ore body | Lik South-Su |
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General form | tabular |
Strike | NNE |
Dip | 25 to 40 deg W |
Depth to bottom | 200M |
Width | 600M |
Length | 2200M |
Name of the ore body | Lik North |
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General form | tabular |
Strike | NE |
Dip | 25-40 deg W |
Depth to bottom | 300M |
Width | 350M |
Length | 700M |
Operation type | Surface-Underground |
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Development status | Prospect |
Commodity type | Both metallic and non-metallic |
Significant | Yes |
Discovery year | 1977 |
Discoverer | GCO |
Discovery method | Geochemical Anomaly |
District name | Lisburne |
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District name | Red Dog |
Ownership category | Federal |
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Type | Owner |
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Owner | General Crude Oil Co./Noranda Exploration, Inc. |
Home office | Texas |
Year | 1986 |
Type | Owner |
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Owner | Echo Bay Mines |
Year | 1992 |
Type | Owner |
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Owner | Moneta-Porcupine Mines, Inc. |
Year | 1992 |
Type | Owner |
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Owner | Cominco Alaska |
First year | 1999 |
Type | Owner |
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Owner | Zazu Metals and Teck Resources |
Year | 2010 |
Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Name | Lik South | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Estimate year | 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indicated | 20,660,000mt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Remarks | 5% Zn cutoff grade. Ore can be recovered by open pit. http://www.zazumetals.com/s/NewsReleases.asp?ReportID=380731 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Type | In-situ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Name | Lik North and South | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Estimate year | 2009 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Inferred | 7,070,000mt | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Remarks | 5% South, 7% North Zn cutoff grade. http://www.zazumetals.com/s/NewsReleases.asp?ReportID=380731 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Name of workings | Su | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Area | 55HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Type of workings | Surface | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Name of workings | Lik | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Area | 55HA | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Agency | Database name | Acronym | Record ID | Notes |
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USGS | Mineral Resources Data System | MRDS | A015691 | |
USGS | Alaska Resource Data File | ARDF | DL005 | |
U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0020180001 | MRDS dep_id 10257601 merged into 10003158 |
U.S. Bureau of Mines | Minerals Availability System | MAS | 0020180004 | MRDS dep_id 10208980 merged into 10003158 |
Bundtzen, T.K., and Henning, M.W., 1978, Barite in Alaska: Mines and Geology Bulletin, v. 27, no. 4, p. 1-4.
Leach, D., Sangster, D., Kelley, K., Large, R.R., Garven, G., Allen, C., Gutzmer, J., and Walters, S., 2005, Sediment-hosted lead-zinc deposits: A global perspective. Economic Geology, 100th Aniversary Volume. pp. 561-607. Also Appendices A, B, C, D, E, and Supplement
Grybeck, D.J., and Nokleberg, W.J., 1979, Metallogeny of the Brooks Range, Alaska, in Johnson, K.M., and Williams, J.R., Jr., The United States Geological Survey in Alaska: Accomplishments during 1978: U.S. Geological Survey Circular 804-B, p. B19-B22.
Forrest, K., 1983, Geologic and isotopic studies of the Lik deposit and the surrounding mineral district, DeLong Mountains, western Brooks Range, Alaska: University of Minnesota, Ph.D. dissertation, 161 p.
Eakins, G.R., Bundtzen, T.K., Robinson, M.S., Clough, J.G., Green, C.B., Clautice, K.H., and Albanese M.A., 1983, Alaska's mineral industry, 1982, Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Special Report 31, 63 p.
Sterne, E.J., Zantop, H. and Reynolds, R.C., 1984, Clay mineralogy and carbon-nitrogen geochemistry of the Lik and Competition Creek zinc-lead-silver prospects, DeLong Mountains, Alaska: Economic Geology, v. 79, p. 1406-1411.
Cobb, E.H., Mayfield, C.F., and Brosge, W.P., 1981, Summaries of data on and lists of references to metallic and selected nonmetallic mineral occurrences in eleven quadrangles in northern Alaska (Arctic, Baird Mountains, Chandler Lake, DeLong Mountains, Demarcation Point, Howard Pass, Misheguk Mountain, Mount Michelson, Noatak, Point Lay, and Table Mountain); Supplement to Open-File Report 75-628; Part A, Summaries of data to January 1, 1981: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 81-767-A, 25 p.
Type | Date | Name | Affiliation | Comment |
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Reporter | 12-FEB-88 | DWB | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
Reporter | 01-OCT-96 | CHR | U.S. Bureau of Mines | |
Reporter | 21-DEC-99 | Williams, Anita | U.S. Geological Survey | |
Editor | 12-MAR-10 | Schruben, Paul | U.S. Geological Survey | Consolidated duplicate records and new internet sources. |