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Unnamed (at head of Eagle Creek)

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Antimony, Silver, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  9. Mining district
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  11. Bibliographic references
  12. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10307450
Record type Site
Current site name Unnamed (at head of Eagle Creek)

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -148.63088, 64.05862 (WGS84)
Relative position The location of this occurrence is uncertain; it may be a mile or more away from the coordinates given. Joesting (1942 [ATDM MR 194-11, p. 10]) described it as being on the divide between Lynx and Eagle Creeks, probably in the SE1/4 sec. 12, T. 10 S., R. 6 W., Fairbanks Meridian.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Denali(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Fairbanks A-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Fairbanks S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Fairbanks C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Silver Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore

Nearby scientific data

(1) -148.63088, 64.05862
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = The divide between Lynx and Eagle Creeks is underlain by the California Creek Member of the Totatlanika Schist. It consists of gray quartz-orthoclase-sericite schist and augen gneiss (Wahrhaftig, 1970 [GQ 810]). In a report of antimony deposits in the Fairbanks area, Brooks (1916 [B 642-A]), states that where the lode has been opened, the limits of ore deposition appear to be within walls 3 to 4 feet apart, widening to as much as 10 feet in some places. The richest ore occurs in shoots, which appear to be pod or lens shaped. The largest of these shoots measured 40 feet in its longest dimension. The shoots are separated by an aggregate of quartz intergrown with stibnite and kidneys of stibnite, together with iron-stained fragments of the schist that form the country rock . Stibnite is the only important metallic mineral in the lode, but a little free gold and galena are also present, as well as possibly pyrite. The surface of the masses of stibnite shows considerable oxidation; secondary minerals form an incrustation half an inch or more in thickness. The larger ore shoots are composed of almost entirely stibnite with some quartz (Brooks, 1916 [B 642-A]). Antimony ore in float on the divide between Lynx Creek and Eagle Creeks was examined in 1942 by the Alaska Department of Mines (Joesting, 1942 [ATDM MR 194-11, p. 10-11]). High-grade, coarse, bladed stibnite float is scattered for 100 feet along the ridge (Joesting, 1943 [ATDM Pamph. 2]).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Bonnifield

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = There may have been some pits dug prior to 1916. Samples of stibnite were found in float (Joesting, 1942 [ATDM MR 194-11]).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Joesting, 1942 (ATDM MR 194-11)

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 31-JUL-01 J.R. Guidetti Schaefer and C.J. Freeman Avalon Development Corporation

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