Black Rapids Antimony Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Antimony
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. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Links to other databases
  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009200
MRDS ID D001934
Record type Site
Current site name Black Rapids Antimony Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -152.22184, 64.24248 (WGS84)
Relative position IN ALASKA RANGE ON EAST SIDE OF DELTA RIVER, DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM BLACK RAPIDS GLACIER, No latitude-longitude reported. Given lat-lon is for centroid of second order political subdivision boundary.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Kantishna River A-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Kantishna River SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Kantishna River(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

North Fork Kuskokwim River(hydrologic unit)

Upper Kuskokwim River(hydrologic accounting unit)

Southwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore

Analytical data

Result 71.4% SB
Result AVERAGE SAMPLE: 36.5% SB

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -152.22184, 64.24248

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • ORE DEPOSIT COMPRISED OF TWO VEINS

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REPORT BY VAN ALSTINE, R., BLACK RAPIDS ANTIMONY PROSPECT, ALASKA: UNPUB. USGS FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1975 Miller, M. H. U.S. Geological Survey

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.