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Hindenburg

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold
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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. 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 10002926
MRDS ID A015417
Record type Site
Current site name Hindenburg
Alternate or previous names Markovich
Related records 10184563

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.56102, 65.05273 (WGS84)
Relative position Cobb (1972, MF-413), loc. 22; SE1/4SW1/4 sec. 28, T. 3 N., R. 1 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian. This deposit is on the divide between Spruce and Little Eldorado Creeks at an elevation of about 1,600 feet. Accuracy is within 2,500 feet. The Hindenberg zone is now within the main orebody of the True North prospect (ARDF no. LG055).

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-2(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
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Stibnite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Quartz is iron and manganese stained.

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.56102, 65.05273
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The Hindenberg zone is now within the main orebody of the True North prospect (ARDF no. LG055). At least two veins have been worked for stibnite. One strikes N 40 E, dips 68 SE; and the other strikes N 65 E and dips 74 W. Hill (1933) described three shallow shafts on a vein that strikes about east. The ore on the dump is badly crushed, iron- and manganese-stained quartz carrying stibnite and arsenopyrite. Killeen and Mertie (1951), reported a sample of stibnite ore containing 57.76% Sb.? the Hindenberg claim was worked for stibnite in 1916 and the Ohio claim was mined in 1918 (Mertie, 1918; Martin, 1920). Two hundred tons of ore was reported to have been shipped from the Hindenberg claim (Mertie, 1918). 16.5 tons of ore containing 38.5% Sb sold in 1942 (Joesting, 1943).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Fairbanks

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = During WWI, two hundred tons of ore was reported to have been shipped from the Hindenberg claim (Mertie, 1918); 16.5 tons of ore containing 38.5% Sb were sold in 1942 (Joesting, 1943).

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Over 500 feet of tunnel and other workings (Killeen and Mertie, 1951). In 1916, workings consisted of a shaft 25 feet deep, with drifts from the bottom (Mertie, 1918). The Hindenberg zone is now within the main orebody of the True North prospect (ARDF no. LG055).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Mertie, 1918

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Stibnite vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 27d).

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

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