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My Creek Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Antimony, Iron, Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc
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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. 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 10002672
MRDS ID A015113
Record type Site
Current site name My Creek Prospect
Related records 10185890

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -143.24995, 64.09556 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Southeast Fairbanks(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Eagle A-5(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Eagle SW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eagle(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-393, LOC. 8. PROSPECT IN A BROAD SADDLE ON THE RIDGE SEPERATING EVA AND OUR CREEKS. LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Iron Primary
Silver Tertiary
Lead Tertiary
Copper Tertiary
Zinc Critical Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Magnetite Ore
Malachite Ore
Sphalerite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Associated
    Rock type Plutonic Rock > Granitoid > Granite
  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Birch Creek Schist;Birch Creek Schist
    Rock description Birch Creek Schist;Birch Creek Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -143.24995, 64.09556
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDROCK IS COVERED BY MOSS, MUCK, AND TALUS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1918
Discoverer Ted Machette

Mining district

District name Fortymile

Comments on the workings information

  • PROSPECTED BY 9 DRILL HOLES 10-49 FT DEEP, WITH AN AGGREGATE DEPTH OF 248 FT.

Comments on development

  • PRINCIPAL PROSPECT IS FLOAT CONTAINING STIBNITE IN BOGGY DEPRESSION ON RIDGE TOP. TEST PITS, 1941-42, DID NOT REACH BEDROCK. ABOUT 4 TONS OF FLOAT ESTIMATED TO CONTAIN 50% SB AND SEVERAL TONS OF LOWER GRADE MATERIAL TAKEN FROM PITS. CHURN DRILLING, EARLY 1943.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    USGS MF-393 (A-5), LOC. 8

  • Deposit

    ALASKA DEPT. OF MINES PAMPHLET 2, P. 15, 16, 1943.

  • Deposit

    USBM REPT. OF INV. 4173, P. 4, 28-30.

  • Deposit

    USGS BULL. 1246, P. 222.

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit CALCITE VEINS IN SCHIST NEAR CONTACT WITH GRANITIC ROCKS CONTAIN ARGENTIFEROUS GALENA, SPHALERITE, AND MALACHITE. STIBNITE OCCURS IN WHITE, VUGGY QUARTZ FLOAT TRACABLE FOR 1500 FT. A CONTACT METAMORPHIC DEPOSIT OF MAGNETITE IN RECRYSTALIZED LIMESTONE IS 15 FT. THICK AND CAN BE TRACED ON SURFACE FOR ABOUT 300 FT.
Deposit THIS SITE NAME WAS CREATED BY THE REPORTER OR OTHER USGS EMPLOYEE BASED ON PROXIMITY TO SOME MAJOR GEOGRAPHIC FEATURE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-APR-87 Powers, M.T. (Huber, D.F.) U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 20-SEP-94 Mosier, Dan U.S. Geological Survey PARSED OUT HOST ROCK AND ASSOCIATED ROCK TYPES, AGES, UNIT NAMES, AND UNIT AGES.

Beyond USGS

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

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