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Unnamed (near 'Rock Creek')

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Antimony
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000701
MRDS ID A011333
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (near 'Rock Creek')
Related records 10282618

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.79284, 63.89964 (WGS84)
Relative position The map site of this prospect is at an elevation of about 3,500 feet, in the valley of (informally named) Rock Creek, about 2.4 miles from its junction with Wood River. The site is in sec. 5, T. 11 S., R. 1 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The location is accurate to within 1 mile. This is location 2 of Clark and Cobb (1972).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Denali(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Healy D-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Mount Hayes NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Healy(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 180
USGS model code 27d
Deposit model name Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.79284, 63.89964
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Limited information suggests that this deposit consists of one or more quartz-antimony veins near the contact between the Keevy Peak Formation to the north and Birch Creek Schist to the south (Wilson and others, 1998). The veins may be related to Upper Cretaceous and Lower Tertiary intrusive rocks that cut the metasedimentary rocks nearby.
  • Age = Late Cretaceous or younger, assuming that the deposit is related to the intrusive rocks.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Bonnifield

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface exploration only.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Joesting, 1943

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Simple Sb (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 27d)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-APR-2000 N. Van Wyck Stevens Exploration Management Corporation

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Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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