Waterfall Creek Prospect

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold, Silver, Lead, Copper
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Controls for ore emplacement
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10001959
MRDS ID A012798
Record type Site
Current site name Waterfall Creek Prospect
Alternate or previous names Claims: Bunker Hill, Isabel, Mabel, Moniter
Related records 10184859

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.52079, 64.73789 (WGS84)
Relative position HEAD OF WATERFALL CR., TRIB. TO LAST CHANCE CR.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nome C-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Solomon NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nome(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sitnasuak Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • ADGGS GR 36, FIG. 1; LISTED AS "LAST CHANCE CR. PROSPECT." LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Secondary
Silver Secondary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Chalcopyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Gold Ore
Malachite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Pyrrhotite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result 2.5 TONS OF ORE CONTAINED MORE THAN 58% SB PLUS MINOR AU AND AG VALUES, USGS BULLETIN 662, P. 439
Result SAMPLE ACROSS 30 FT SILICIFIED ZONE CONTAINED 0.1 OZ/TON AU, ADGGS GR 36, P. 36.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -165.52079, 64.73789

Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENSES

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Shear Zone

Comments on the geologic information

  • 11-3 FT WIDE QUARTZ-STIBNITE VEIN IS CONFORMABLE WITH CLEAVAGE OF SCHIST: N 60 DEGREES E, DIP 57 DEGREES NW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Comments on the production information

  • 2.5 TONS OF ANTIMONY ORE MINED AND SOLD CIRCA 1916, USGS BULLETIN 662, P. 439.

Comments on the workings information

  • TWO CAVED ADITS AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS; UPPER ADIT WAS 105 FT LONG, LOWER ADIT WAS DRIVEN N 25 DEGREES W FOR 270 FT.

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPED CIRCA 1916.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit TWO ADITS INTERSECTED A STOCKWORK OF IRON-STAINED SCHIST AND QUARTZ CONTAINING LENTICULAR MASSES OF STIBNITE LESS THAN 1 FT THICK; VERTICAL SHEAR ZONE 100 FT WIDE EXPOSED BY OPEN-CUT, CONTAINS PYRITE, PYRRHOTITE, STIBNITE, AND MINOR AU; SHEAR ZONE TRENDS N 20 DEGREES E AND OFFSETS A QUARTZ VEIN 1-3 FT THICK THAT CONTAINS LESS THAN 1% STIGNITE CRYSTALS UP TO 0.25 IN LONG; ALSO REPORTED: GALENA AND CHALCOPYRITE WITH MALACHITE AND AZURITE, SOMEWHERE NEAR THE ANTIMONY PROSPECT AT THE HEAD OF WATERFALL CR.
Deposit LAST CHANCE CR. AND WATERFALL CR. USED INTERCHANGEABLY IN REFERENCES TO REFER TO THIS SITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-SEP-1987 Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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Authoritative Alaska resources

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