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Windy Creek

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Antimony, Zinc
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Alteration
  8. Mineral occurrence model information
  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 10000737
MRDS ID A011376
Record type Site
Current site name Windy Creek

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -149.06283, 63.4596 (WGS84)
Relative position This occurrence is at an elevation of about 3,500 feet northeast of Windy Creek. The map site is about 1.5 miles north of the confluence of Windy Creek and West Fork Windy Creek, in the south-central part of sec. 3, T. 17 S., R. 8 W., of the Fairbanks Meridian. The location is accurate to within 3,000 feet. This is location 3 of Hickman and Craddock (1976).

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Denali(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Healy B-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Healy S(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Healy(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
Zinc Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Ore
Pyrite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Alteration

  • (Local) Host rocks are pyritized and silicified adjacent to the veins.

Mineral occurrence model information

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

Nearby scientific data

(1) -149.06283, 63.4596
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = This occurrence is in Pennsylvanian to Upper Triassic graywacke and argillite, and consists of a few small veinlets (up to 1-inch wide) of sphalerite, stibnite, and pyrite. Pyrite also is disseminated in the wallrock adjacent to the veins. The deposit has a strike length of at least 150 feet. Samples contain 8,800 ppm lead, 2,200 ppm zinc, 14.9 ppm silver, 2,000 ppm antimony, and traces of arsenic (Hickman and Craddock, 1976).

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Bonnifield

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Surface sampling only. Samples contain 8,800 ppm lead, 2,200 ppm zinc, 14.9 ppm silver, 2,000 ppm antimony, and traces of arsenic (Hickman and Craddock, 1976).

Reference information

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Hickman and Craddock, 1976

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Simple Sb (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 27d)
Deposit Other Comments = the site is in Denali National Park Wilderness.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 07-APR-2000 N. Van Wyck Stevens Exploration Management Corporation

Beyond USGS

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

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