Sawtooth Mountain

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Antimony, Silver, Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10097557
MRDS ID A015372
Record type Site
Current site name Sawtooth Mountain
Related records 10111794

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.52694, 65.37575 (WGS84)
Relative position Cobb (1972, MF-413), loc. 2; NW1/4SW1/4 sec. 1, T. 6 N., R. 10 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian. This deposit is on Sawtooth Mountain. It is marked on the Livengood (B-6) quadrangle by a trail up Buckeye Creek from the landing strip to the saddle on Sawtooth Mountain.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Livengood B-6(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Livengood S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Livengood(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Doyon, Limited(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Stibnite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Quartz Monzonite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Clastic Sedimentary Rock > Shale

Nearby scientific data

(1) -149.52694, 65.37575

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Massive stibnite occurs as a vertical cylinder about 3 m wide; it is hosted in argillite of Jurassic or Cretaceous flysch near a contact with Cretaceous granitic rock (Nokleberg and others, 1987; R. M. Chapman, written commun., 1985). The granitic rock has been K-Ar dated at 88.3 m.y. Grab samples from the dump have up to 46.2% Sb, 0.7 g/ton Au and 15.1 g/ton Ag (Nokleberg and others, 1987). The vein produced 590 tonnes of ore with 58% stibnite through 1970, with minor production in 1984 and 1985.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Tolovana

Comments on the production information

  • Production Notes = The vein produced 590 tonnes of ore with 58% stibnite through 1970, with minor production in 1984 and 1985 (Nokleberg, 1987, p. 32).

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = A shaft reached a depth of 83 feet (Saunders, 1958; ATDM PE 49-14).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Nokleberg and others, 1987

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

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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