Old Glory-Seattle Creek

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Tungsten
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. Nearby scientific data
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. General comments
  14. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10308897
MRDS ID A015412
Record type Site
Current site name Old Glory-Seattle Creek
Alternate or previous names Leslie
Related records 10257491, 10002921

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.58596, 65.01867 (WGS84)
Relative position Cobb (1972, MF-413), loc. 18, 19; NE1/4 sec. 8, T. 2 N., R. 1 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian. This prospect is on the ridge between Seattle Creek and Moose Creek No. 2, about 2.5 miles southwest of the summit of Pedro Dome.

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
Tungsten Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Scheelite Ore

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 42
USGS model code 14a
Deposit model name W skarn

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.58596, 65.01867

Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = A 3-foot zone of scheelite was found in weathered schist; most was disseminated, but there were a few high-grade spots. The scheelite zone strikes N 44 E and dips 45 SE. The average tungsten tri-oxide content was estimated at 0.5 to 1% (Joesting, 1943). Byers (1957) reported that channel samples across 4.5 feet of the disseminated scheelite zone contained 0.48% tungsten tri-oxide. A fine-grained quartz diorite dike was found 8 feet below the surface in the bottom of a small pit sunk in the same trench where the scheelite was encountered (Joesting, 1943). Bedrock is quartz-mica schist and quartzite (Byers, 1957).

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 workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Development consists of an open cut, 20 feet long, and a small pit in the floor of the cut (Byers, 1957).

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Byers, 1957

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Contact metamorphic tungsten deposit (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 14a).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-MAY-1999 C.J. Freeman, 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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