Dempsey Pup

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001527
MRDS ID A012274
Record type Site
Current site name Dempsey Pup

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -146.46407, 65.3397 (WGS84)
Relative position East wall of East Fork of Sourdough Creek about 2 mi above the Steese Highway at 2000 ft elevation. NE1/4 NW1/4 sec. 23, T 6.N., R 6 E.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairbanks North Star(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Circle B-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Circle SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Circle(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 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -146.46407, 65.3397

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Quartz vein containing small lenses and stringers of stibnite and possibly gold. The quartz vein is hosted in middle Paleozoic or older quartz schist, mica schist and marble of Yukon Crystalline terrane. Grab samples contained up to 28 percent Sb (Killeen and Mertie, 1951, Nokleberg and others, 1987).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Circle

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Explored by several short adits.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Killeen and Mertie, 1951.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 39a)
Deposit Other Comments = Includes references to Sb lode on Sourdough Creek.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 08-SEP-98 C.J. Freeman Avalon Development Corporation
Reporter 08-SEP-98 J.R. Guidetti Schaefer Avalon Development Corporation
Reporter 08-SEP-98 Clements, A.S. Avalon Development Corporation

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

These are landing pages for further research — the state agencies don't currently expose per-mine deep links.