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Sliscovich Mine

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Gold, Antimony
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  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. 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 10001963
MRDS ID A012805
Record type Site
Current site name Sliscovich Mine
Related records 10136060

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.31607, 64.75985 (WGS84)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nome D-1(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)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-248, LOC. 15. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary
Antimony Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • MORE THAN 50% OF AU OCCURS IN STIBNITE

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -165.31607, 64.75985
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • ATTITUDE OF FRACTURES: N 30-60 DEGREES E, DIP 45-80 DEGREES W; CLEAVAGE IN SCHIST: N 55 DEGREES E, DIP 5 DEGREES NW.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1905

Mining district

District name Nome

Comments on the production information

  • 88-TON SHIPMENT CONTAINING 36% SB AND UNKNOWN AMOUNT OF AU AND AG SHIPPED, 1915.

Comments on the workings information

  • DEVELOPED BY 315 FT. ADIT WITH INCLINED SHAFT DRIVEN 100 FT. ALONG VEIN; STIBNITE MINED FROM 70 FT. SLOPE ON 25-FT LEVEL; 58 FT. ADIT NEARBY APPARENTLY DID NOT CROSSCUT VEIN; SEVERAL SURFACE PITS.

Comments on development

  • DEVELOPMENT: 1905-1913; MINED SOLEY FOR AU UNTIL 1915, STIBNITE ORE MINED IN 1915; 7 PATENTED LODE CLAIMS, ENTRY YEAR: 1924, LAST ACTIVITY: 1971.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit AU- AND STIBNITE-BEARING QUARTZ VEIN TRACEABLE FOR 3000 FT; PINCHES AND SWELLS FROM A FEW IN UP TO 45 IN; STIBNITE LENSES UP TO 13 IN. THICK ALONG FOOTWALL; MINED SECTION CONSISTED OF SUBEQUAL AMOUNTS OF AU-QUARTZ AND STIBNITE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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