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Burnet Galena

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

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10002892
MRDS ID A015379
Record type Site
Current site name Burnet Galena
Related records 10257852

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.47684, 65.02467 (WGS84)
Relative position Cobb (1972, MF-413), loc. 30; SE1/4SE1/4 sec. 2, T. 2 N., R. 1 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian. This prospect is about 300 feet northwest of milepost 18 on the Steese Highway, about half way betwen the mouth of Granite Creek and Skoogy Creek.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Fairbanks North Star(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livengood A-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Circle SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Livengood(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Mercury Secondary
Lead Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Material = argentiferous galena

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore
Cerussite Ore
Jamesonite Ore
Limonite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Galena Ore
Pyromorphite Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Secondary minerals formed from the alteration of galena are pyromorphite and cerusite.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 85
USGS model code 22c
Deposit model name Polymetallic veins
Mark3 model number 46

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Mafic Intrusive Rock > Diorite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.47684, 65.02467
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = This site was described by Chapin (1914) as a flat-lying body of quartz containing lenses of argentiferous galena accompanied by jamesonite in quartz diorite intruded by granite porphyry. Cubic cavities with limonitic material probably derived from pyrite also occur. There is also secondary pyromorphite and cerusite (Chapin, 1914). Dark quartz diorite is intruded by coarse- and fine-grained granite porphyry, all cut by quartz veinlets of at least two ages (Hill, 1933, p. 118).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = Hill (1933) reported sacks of galena-jamesonite-cerusite ore on the dump at the prospect, but there is no record of production.

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Hill (1933) reported an old shaft, an open cut, and a caved tunnel by 1931.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Chapin, 1914

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Polymetallic vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 22c).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-MAY-1999 C.J. Freeman Avalon Development Corporation
Reporter 04-MAY-1999 J.R. Guidetti Schaefer Avalon Development Corporation

Beyond USGS

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

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