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Eldorado No. 3 Occurrence

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodity Antimony
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  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. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mining district
  12. Land status
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10000603
MRDS ID A011210
Record type Site
Current site name Eldorado No. 3 Occurrence

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -151.00983, 63.51234 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Denali(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Denali C-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Denali NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount McKinley C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Denali National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibiconite Ore
Stibnite Ore
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result NO ASSAY INFORMATION

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metasedimentary Rock > Marble
    Rock unit name Birch Creek
    Rock description Birch Creek
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Early Cambrian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -151.00983, 63.51234
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form VEIN
    Strike N 75 E
    Dip 90
    Thickness 1.83M
    Length 45.72M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Kantishna

Land status

Ownership category National Park

Comments on development

  • VIRTUALLY UNEXPLORED; UNKNOWN POTENTIAL

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADGGS OFR 98, P. 29 LOC. 8

  • Deposit

    USBM OFR 24-78, FIG. 4.1-1 (A), MINERAL DEPOSIT NO. 37

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit QUARTZ STIBNITE VEIN 2 TO 6 FT THICK

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-84 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Elliott, R. L.) U.S. Geological Survey

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

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