<P> The Red Dog ore body is one of the world's most significant zinc deposits, containing a number of ore bodies . The mine is located in Alaska's Northwest Arctic Borough, in the DeLong Mountains of the western Brooks Range, 90 miles north of Kotzebue and 55 miles from the Chukchi Sea . </P> <P> At the end of 2007, the site's proven and probable reserves plus indicated resources amounted to 77.5 million tons, containing 17.5 percent zinc and 4.8 percent lead, as well as 2.8 ounces per ton of silver . In addition, Red Dog also contains 36.6 million tons of inferred resources . The entire deposit lies inside a relatively small area (one mile by one - half mile). The deposit is essentially flat - lying at the surface, making open pit mining the extraction method of choice. (1) </P> <P> Red Dog Mine is located at 68 ° 04 ′ 19" N 162 ° 52 ′ 34" W ﻿ / ﻿ 68.071989 ° N 162.876044 ° W ﻿ / 68.071989; - 162.876044 . It is in the DeLong Mountains in the remote western Brooks Range about 90 miles (140 km) north of Kotzebue and 55 miles (89 km) from the Chukchi Sea . </P> <P> Red Dog Mine is very isolated . It is located within the Northwest Arctic Borough, an area approximately the size of Indiana with only 11 communities, none connected by roads, with a total population of only 7,208 people at the 2000 census . The nearest of those communities are Noatak, population 428, roughly 50 miles (80 km) south and Kivalina, population 377, roughly 60 miles (100 km) west at the 2000 census . </P>

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