Outwash Creek - West

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Copper, Lead, Silver, Zinc

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID	10135839
MAS/MILS ID	0020210008
Record type	Site
Current site name	Outwash Creek - West

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference	Ore Body
Geographic coordinates:	-155.22438, 68.15791 (WGS84)
Elevation	1330
Location accuracy	10(meters)
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Geographic areas

Country	State
United States	Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian	Township	Range	Section	Fraction	State
Kateel River	032 N	016 E	28	NENENW	Alaska

Commodities

Commodity	Importance
Copper	Tertiary
Lead	Primary
Silver	Tertiary
Zinc	Tertiary

Nearby scientific data

Ore Body (1)	-155.22438, 68.15791	ListMap

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type	Surface
Development status	Occurrence
Commodity type	Metallic
Significant	No
Discovery year	1991
Discovery method	Ore-Mineral In Place

Mining district

District name	Colville Mining District

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights	Unknown

Land status

Ownership category	Federal

Reference information

Links to other databases

Agency	Database name	Acronym	Record ID	Notes
U.S. Bureau of Mines	Minerals Availability System	MAS	0020210008

Bibliographic references

Deposit

BMOF75-92, 101 PP.
Deposit

BMOF34-94, 130 PP.

General comments

Subject category	Comment text
Deposit	OUTWASH CREEK WEST LOCATED AT THE HEADWATERS OF AN UNAMED TRIBUTARY OF OUTWASH CREEK. A SAMPLE (4138) OF A QUARTZ VEIN WITH VISABLE SPHALERITE, GALENA, AND PYRTIE CONTAINED 1.95% LEAD, 7.05% ZINC, AND .26% COPPER ACCORDING TO BMOF75-92. FIVE SAMPLES OF GRAB AND RANDOM CHIP SPECIMENS CONTAINED 2.67% TO 24.04% ZINC AND UP TO 8.93% LEAD.

Reporter information

Type	Date	Name	Affiliation	Comment
Reporter	13-JUL-1994	Pld	U.S. Bureau of Mines