Nightingale

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Antimony
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  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 10002927
MRDS ID A015419
Record type Site
Current site name Nightingale

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.52489, 65.01467 (WGS84)
Relative position Cobb (1972, MF-413), loc. 25; NE1/4SW1/4 sec. 10, T. 2 N., R. 1 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The Nightingale prospect is in Steamboat Creek Valley about 1 mile north of Pedro Camp. Accuracy is within 2,000 feet.

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)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Secondary
Antimony Critical Secondary

Comments on the commodity information

  • Ore Material = argentiferous galena

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Silver Ore
Stibnite Ore
Galena Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation products of stibnite and galena (Chapman and Foster, 1969).

Host and associated rocks

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.52489, 65.01467

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Massive silver-bearing galena with stibnite occurs in stockworks and veins in altered quartz diorite (Chapman and Foster, 1969).

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 = No record of production.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Chapman and Foster, 1969

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Argentiferous galena and stibnite in stockworks and veins in altered quartz diorite.

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.

Authoritative Alaska resources

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