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Stibnite Creek Antimony Prospect

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. Links to other databases
  12. Bibliographic references
  13. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10009202
MRDS ID D001938
Record type Site
Current site name Stibnite Creek Antimony Prospect

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -144.16932, 62.99969 (WGS84)
Relative position IN ALASKA RANGE, ON STIBNITE CREEK, TRIBUTARY OF TOK RIVER

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Valdez-Cordova(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Gulkana D-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Gulkana NE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Gulkana(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Upper Copper River(hydrologic unit)

Copper River(hydrologic accounting unit)

South Central Alaska(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Comments on the location information

  • LAT. AND LONG. ARE APPROX. 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

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Pyrite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Analytical data

Result AVERAGE FOR 13 FT THICKNESS: 11.9% SB, 0.3% AS

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) PIPgi
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • General form LENS-LIKE AND ELLIPTICAL
    Strike N 20 W
    Dip 45 SW
    Thickness 3.96M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No

Comments on the workings information

  • DEPOSIT SUBDIVIDED: VERY GOOD ORE (MIDDLE SECTION), LOW GRADE ORE (HANGING WALL), LOW GRADE ORE (FOOTWALL)

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    REPORT BY VAN ALSTINE, R., STIBNITE CREEK ANTIMONY PROSPECT, ALASKA: UNPUB. USGS FILE DATA

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-NOV-1975 Miller, M. H. U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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