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Marcasite from
Red Dog Mine, Lisburne Mining District (Red Dog Mining District), Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA


Locality type:Mine
Classification
Species:Marcasite
Formula:FeS2
Confirmation
Validity:Believed Valid
Data
Mineral Data:Click here to view Marcasite data
Locality Data:Click here to view Red Dog Mine, Lisburne Mining District (Red Dog Mining District), Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
Data Identifiers
Mindat Occurrence Record ID:614738
Long-form Identifier:1:3:614738:9
GUID (UUID V4):5710291a-d7d8-44be-818c-6fee208d8a2f
Nearest other occurrences of Marcasite
7.1km (4.4 miles) ā“˜Anarraaq Zn-Pb-Ag deposit, Lisburne Mining District (Red Dog Mining District), Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
8.1km (5.0 miles) ā“˜Competition Creek; Rowdy Prospect, Lisburne Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
15.9km (9.9 miles) ā“˜Lik; SU Prospect, Lisburne Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
16.9km (10.5 miles) ā“˜Fritz Prospect, Lisburne Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
63.1km (39.2 miles) ā“˜Ahua Occurrence, Noatak Mining District, Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska, USA
References
Reference Search (possible matching items)
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
1415ā€“1434 Structure of the Red Dog District, Western Brooks Range, Alaska J. DE VERA,ā€  K. R. MCCLAY,...99216 Abstract The Red Dog district of the western Brooks Range of northern Alaska, which includes the...the sediment-hosted Zn-Pb-Ag Ā± Ba deposits at Red Dog, Su-Lik, and Anarraaq, contains one of the worldā€™s...and new mineral discoveries in the district. In the Red Dog district, a telescoped Late Devonian through...mapping and analysis of the district indicate a dominant northwest to west-northwest direction of regional
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Zn-Pb-Ag Deposits in the Red Dog District, Western Brooks Range, Northern Alaska Preface KAREN D. KELLEYā€ ...99216 Introduction The Brooks Range in northern Alaska (Fig. 1) contains an enormous accumulation of zinc...zinc and barite. The four deposits at Red Dog (Qanaiyaq, Main, Aqqaluk, and Paalaaq) have reserves and...at 23% Zn + Pb; King et al., 2002) northwest of Red Dog, the district has about 40 Mt of contained Zn +... both the Broken Hill deposit and the Mt. Isa district (including the George Fisher, Hilton, and Mt.
Report (issue)
mines, prospects and mineral occurrences throughout Alaska. 162" -I 6' 165" 691 Chukchi^ DL012 DL013 DL005...Mountains l:250,000-scale quadrangle, northwestern Alaska This and related reports are accessible through...OPEN-FILE REPORT 00-023 Alaska Resource Data File DL001 Site name(s): Red Dog; Hilltop; Aqqaluk; Paalaaq...Paalaaq Site type: Mine ARDFno.: DL001 Quadrangle: DLA-2 Latitude: 68.0704 Longitude: 162.8379 Location...description and accuracy: This record describes the Main Red Dog deposit, and the nearby Hilltop, Aqqaluk, and Paalaaq
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
for Mineralization in the Western Brooks Range, Alaska LORNE E. YOUNGā€  Consulting Geologist, 12015 North...during Mesozoic convergence of the continental Arctic Alaska terrane and the oceanic Angayucham terrane and...shortened and uplifted in Tertiary time. The Arctic Alaska terrane consists of parautochthonous rocks and...barite occurrences, such as the supergiant Red Dog zinc-lead mine. Mineralization is sediment hosted and...descriptions of the geologic history of northern Alaska. A concluding discussion summarizes geologic events
Report (issue)
MINERAL OCCURRENCES IN ELEVEN QUADRANGLES IN NORTHERN ALASKA, SUPPLEMENT TO OPEN-FILE REPORT 75-628 PART A ... SUMMARIES OF DATA TO JANUARY 1, 1981 Arctic, p. A4 Howard Pass, p. A14 Baird Mountains, p. A5 Misheguk...summarized data on mineral occurrences in northern Alaska (Cobb, E. H., 1975, Summary of references to mineral...mineral fuels and construction materials) in northern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 75-628...in Part A, the name, U.S. Bureau of Mines mining district, reference (if any) that has the occurrence
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fluids at the Shale-Hosted Red Dog Zn-Pb-Ag Deposits, Brooks Range, Alaska DAVID L. LEACH,ā€  ERIN MARSH...80225 Abstract The Red Dog Zn-Pb-Ag district in the western Brooks Range, northern Alaska, contains numerous...of the Carboniferous Kuna Formation. The giant Red Dog shale-hosted deposits consist of a cluster of four...electrolyte composition of vein sphalerite in the Red Dog deposits are remarkably similar to those characteristics...deposits, a ā€œreflux brineā€ model is suggested for the Red Dog deposits. In this model, brines were produced in
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Geochronology of the Red Dog Sediment-Hosted Zn-Pb-Ag Deposit, Brooks Range, Alaska R. M. MORELLI,ā€  R....Abstract The Red Dog sediment-hosted deposit in the De Long Mountains of northern Alaska is the largest...determine the absolute age of main stage ore at Red Dog. A 10-point isochron on both massive and vein pyrite...resolution of the technique. Formation of the Red Dog deposit was associated with extension along a passive...stage ore at the Red Dog sediment-hosted Zn-PbAg deposit in the northern Cordillera of Alaska (Fig.1). This
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
models of the Anarraaq Znā€“Pbā€“Ag deposit, Red Dog district, Alaska Christian Schardt & Grant Garven & Karen...2008 Abstract The Red Dog ore deposit district in the Brooks Range of northern Alaska is host to several... MD 21218, USA G. Garven Department of Geology, Tufts University, Medford, MA 02155, USA K. D. Kelley...Survey, P.O. Box 25046, MS 973, Denver, CO 80225, USA C. Schardt (*) Department of Mineralogy and Economic...metals . Anarraaq . Red Dog district . Alaska Introduction The Red Dog district in the Brooks Range
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Conditions for the Kuna Formation, Red Dog Zn-Pb-Ag-Barite District, Alaska, Inferred from Isotopic and Chemical...Geological Survey, 4210 University Drive, Anchorage, Alaska 99508 Geological Survey, 12201 Sunrise Valley...the Mississippian Kuna Formation of northwestern Alaska from stratigraphic profiles of Mo, Fe/Al, and S...rock. This unit is important because it hosts the Red Dog and Anarraaq Zn-Pb-Ag Ā± barite deposits, which...initiation of bedded barite deposition in the district, whereas the demise of the basin corresponded
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
SPHALERITE FROM BASE METAL DEPOSITS IN THE RED DOG DISTRICT, NORTHERN ALASKA K. D. KELLEY,1,ā€  J. J. WILKINSON,2...underlying vein breccia deposits in the Red Dog district in northern Alaska show a range of Ī“66Zn values from...formation for Zn-Pb(-Ba) deposits in the Red Dog district, Alaska (Ayuso et al., 2004; Johnson et al., 2004;...separates collected from deposits in the Red Dog district, Alaska. The availability of detailed information...information on the geology and geochemistry of the district make it an ideal area in which to study the variability
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Anarraaq Zn-Pb-Ag and Barite Deposit, Northern Alaska: Evidence for Replacement of Carbonate by Barite...Geological Survey, 4200 University Drive, Anchorage, Alaska 99508 AND SCOTT JENNINGS Teck Cominco American...99216 Abstract The Anarraaq deposit in northern Alaska consists of a barite body, estimated to be as much...carbonate in the Anarraaq deposit is atypical of the district as a whole, comprising as much as one third of...about 10 km northwest of the Red Dog deposits in the Red Dog district (Fig. 1), northern Alaska, was discovered
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Fe-Tl-As-Sb-Ge-REE Enrichment in the Red Dog Zn-Pb-Ag District, Northern Alaska: Geochemistry, Origin, and Exploration...and Anarraaq deposits in the Red Dog Zn-Pb-Ag district of northern Alaska. Detailed lithogeochemical profiles...chemical changes for altered wall rocks in the district, on the basis of average Al-normalized data relative... Pb, Tl, As, Sb, and Ge at both Red Dog and Anarraaq, Si at Red Dog, and Sr, U, and Se at Anarraaq. Large...both Red Dog and Anarraaq, for Mg, P, and Y at Red Dog, and for Na at Anarraaq. At both Red Dog and Anarraaq
Report (issue)
are liquids at room temperature element names in red are gases at room temperature element names in black...............................................H22 Mine Waste Characteristics.........................................................................H25 Mine Closure...........................................microgram of manganese per liter ƅ angstrom AMD acid mine drainage ATSDR Agency for Toxic Substances and...byproduct of the mining of other mineral commoditiesā€”mainly zinc, copper, and aluminumā€”and the mining technologies
Report (issue)
Assessment of the Wiseman 1Ā° by 3Ā° Quadrangle, Alaska by James D. Bliss , William P. Brosge , John... 1. U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA. 2. Alaska Division of Mines and Geology, Fairbanks, AK. 3...7), devoted to the mineral deposits of northern Alaska, became available just as the Wiseman mineral resource...Wiseman quadrangle (fig. 1) has been made under the Alaska Mineral Resource Assessment Program (AMRAP). The...Doonerak Fenster, trending northeast, flanked on the northwest and southeast by large synforms. The exposed core
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
Brooks Range, Alaska: Implications for the Geologic Evolution of the Anarraaq and Red Dog Zn-Pb-Ag Deposits...Geology and Geophysics, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, Alaska 99775 Abstract A compilation of...complex history of the Brooks Range and northern Alaska. A simplified timeline of events comprises (1)...40Ar/39Ar dates of white mica from the Anarraaq and Red Dog Zn-Pb-Ag (+ barite) deposits from the western Brooks...quartz-pyrite-white mica from the Main orebody at the Red Dog deposit has an age of 126.1 Ā± 0.7 Ma. These white
Report (issue)
SYMPOSIUM ON MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMERICA, CORDILLERAN SECTION...symposium on Mineral Deposits of the Pacific Northwest. This symposium consisted of four one-half day...northward through British Columbia to northwestern Alaska. Although the central theme was invariably concerned...detailed investigations of single ore deposits, or of mining districts, to large-scale regional syntheses,...zinc-lead-barium deposits, Red Dog Creek and Drenchwater Creek areas, northwestern Brooks Range, Alaska I. M. Lange
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
ariteDeposits,Red Dog Creek and DrenchwaterCreek Areas,NorthwesternBrooksRange,Alaska IAN M. LANGE, Departmentof...Similarstratiformsphalerite-galena-barite depositsoccurin the Red Dog Creek area,De LongMountainsquadrangle,andin the...andmaficvolcanicrockfragments. The main types of occurrencesat Red Dog Creek are: (1) disseminated and stratiform sulfidesthinly...0361o0128/85/459/1896-31 $2.50 1896 RED DOG AND DRENCHWATERCREEKSAREA,ALASKA 1897 LeadisotopedatafromRedDog...Lambert, 1976; Solomon,1976; Urabe occurin the Red Dog CreekandDrenchwaterCreek and Sato, 1978; Williams
Report (issue)
SURVEY Metallogeny and Major Mineral Deposits of Alaska by 1 Thomas K. BundtzenS 7 Henry C. Berg 0"3 ,...endorsement by the U.S.G.S. ' U.S. Geological Survey ^ Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys...unpublished data on metalliferous mineral deposits of Alaska, and on recent and older published articles and... universities, the U.S. Geological Survey, the Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys... Andersen, Resource Associates of Alaska, Inc., Fairbanks, Alaska Roger P. Ashley, U.S. Geological Survey
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
GeologicSettingand Genesisof the Red Dog Zinc-Lead-SilverDeposit, Western BrooksRange,Alaska D. W. MOORE, Cominco... YOUNG, ComincoAlaska, 5660 B Street,Anchorage,Alaska 99518 J. s. MODENE, ComincoAmerican,Inc., East...BackhornOperation,P.O. Box976, Carlin, Nevada89822 Abstract Red Dog is a Mississippianto Pennsylvanian-age blackshale-hosted...oldermaficandultramafic igneous sequences. The Red Dog depositoccursin the secondlowestallochthon,in black...secondordersedimentarybasinin whichthe deposit formed. The Red Dog depositis a strata-bound accumulation of silicarock
Journal (article/letter/editorial)
of Sulfide Minerals in the Red Dog Zn-Pb-Ag Deposits, Brooks Range, Alaska: Implications for Ore Formation... MS 973, Denver, Colorado 80225 Abstract The Red Dog Zn-Pb deposits are hosted in organic-rich mudstone...brown sphalerite, (2) yellow-brown sphalerite, (3) red-brown sphalerite, and (4) late tan sphalerite. Stages...sphalerite to later yellow-brown sphalerite and red-brown sphalerite, Fe and Co content generally increase...Tl (126 ppm), whereas yellow-brown sphalerite and red-brown sphalerite contain high Fe (up to 7.3 wt %)
Report (volume)
Geologic Studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1994 AVAILABILITY OF BOOKS AND MAPS OF THE...to Superintendent of Documents.) ā€¢ ANCHORAGE, Alaska-4230 University Dr., Rm. 101 ā€¢ LAKEWOOD, Colorado-Federal...the U.S. Geological Survey offices: ā€¢ FAIRBANKS, Alaska-New Federal Building, 101 Twelfth Ave. ā€¢ ROLLA...SPACE CENTER, Mississippi-Bldg. 3101 Residents of Alaska may order maps from U.S. Geological Survey, Earth...Box 12 Fairbanks, AK 99701 Geologic Studies in Alaska by the U.S. Geological Survey, 1994 Thomas E. Moore
Report (issue)
SURVEY KNOWN MINERAL DEPOSITS OF THE BROOKS RANGE, ALASKA By Donald Grybeck Open-file report 77-166C 1977...BROOKS RANGE, ALASKA by Donald Grybeck This report, one of a series under the Regional Alaska Mineral Resource...mineral deposits of the Brooks Range. The Regional Alaska Mineral Resource Assessment Program is directed...the land selected under section 17 (d)(2) of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act. Brooks Range Because...unlikely in most of the area with the exception of the Arctic National Wildlife Range. There are no published
Report (issue)
mineralized areas prior to mining, and conditions that result from mining and mineral processing. Other...as climate, and anthropogenic factors (including mining and mineral processing methods) mostly modify the...exploration, and assessment of abandoned mine lands and mine-site remediation. This compilation presents...from mining, mineral processing, and smelting. For example, the environmental signature of a mine site...readily soluble secondary salts associated with mine waste. The "environmental effects" of mineral deposits
Report (issue)
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY PREPARED IN COLLABORATION WITH ALASKA DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS...NORTHEASTERN RUSSIA METALLOGENESIS OF MAINLAND ALASKA AND THE RUSSIAN NORTHEAST By Warren J. Noklebergl...and Richard D. Koch 1 1-U.S. Geological Survey ^-Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys...OPEN-FILE REPORT 93-339 PREPARED IN COLLABORATION WITH ALASKA DIVISION OF GEOLOGICAL AND GEOPHYSICAL SURVEYS...LODE DEPOSITS AND PLACER DISTRICTS FOR MAINLAND ALASKA AND THE RUSSIAN NORTHEAST By Warren J. Nokleberg1
Report (volume)
Metalliferous Lode Deposits and Placer Districts of Alaska By WARREN j. NOKLEBERG, THOMAS K. BUNDTZEN, HENRY...metalliferous lode deposits and placer districts of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1786 Bibliography...No.: 119.3:1786 1. Placer deposits-Alaska. 2. Ore deposits-Alaska. I. Nokleberg, Warren j. II. Series...COVER Mill buildings at Kennecott, Alaska. The Kennecott district Cu-Ag mines in the Wrangell Mountains...deposit description for Kennecott district (number 30 for southern Alaska). Copyrighted drawing used by permission
 
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