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Steil

Prospect 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. 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 10002934
MRDS ID A015427
Record type Site
Current site name Steil

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -147.4699, 65.06079 (WGS84)
Relative position Cobb (1972, MF-413), loc. 37; SW1/4NW1/4 sec. 25, T. 3 N., R. 1 E., of the Fairbanks Meridian. This prospect is at the head of Cleary Creek, at an elevation of 1,475 feet.

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-1(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
Antimony Critical Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Stibnite Ore

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Metavolcanic Rock > Mafic Metamorphic Rock > Greenstone

Nearby scientific data

(1) -147.4699, 65.06079
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Some stibnite and less pyrite occur in narrow quartz veins that branch through the metabasaltic country rock (Smith, 1913; B 525). By 1912, the adit was 400 feet long and had working drifts driven along the mineralized shear zones. Smith (1913, B 525) indicated the tunnel was caved in 1912 and the property had not reached the production stage, but that a road had been built from the tunnel to the main road to the north.? the Steil prospect was examined as a possible source of antimony in 1942 but no additional exploration was conducted due to lack of indication of significant tonnage (Killeen and Mertie, 1951).

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 = By 1912, an adit was 400 feet long and had working drifts along the mineralized shear zones. But, Smith (1913, B 525) indicated the tunnel was caved in 1912 and the property had not reached the production stage, but that a road had been built from the tunnel to the main road to the north.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Smith, P.S., 1913, Lode mining near Fairbanks, in Prindle, L.M., A geologic reconnaissance of the Fairbanks quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 525, p. 153-216.

  • Deposit

    Smith, P.S., 1913, Lode mining near Fairbanks: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 542-F, p. 137-202.

  • Deposit

    Brooks, A.H., 1916, Antimony deposits of Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 649, 67 p.

  • Deposit

    Killeen, P.L., and Mertie, J.B., 1951, Antimony ore in the Fairbanks District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 51-46, 43 p.

  • Deposit

    Chapman, R.M., and Foster, R.L., 1969, Lode mines and prospects in the Fairbanks district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 625-D, 25 p., 1 plate.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-633, 72 p.

  • Deposit

    Freeman, C.J., 1992, 1991 Golden Summit project final report, volume 2: Historical summary of lode mines and prospects in the Golden Summit project area, Alaska: Avalon Development Corp., 159 p. (Report held by Freegold Recovery Inc. USA, Vancouver, British Columbia.)

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-413, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-819, 241 p.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Smith, 1913 (B 525)

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Stibnite in quartz veins.
Deposit Other Comments = the prospect was discovered prior to 1912 by Peter Steil and was one of the first adits driven in the Fairbanks district (Times Publishing Company, 1912).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 04-MAY-1999 C.J. Freeman Avalon Development Corporation
Reporter 04-MAY-1999 J.R. Guidetti Schaefer Avalon Development Corporation

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