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Smith Creek Dome Prospect

Occurrence in Alaska, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Materials information
  7. Nearby scientific data
  8. Ore body information
  9. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  10. Mining district
  11. Land status
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094011
MRDS ID A011939
Record type Site
Current site name Smith Creek Dome Prospect
Related records 10112076

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -150.16501, 67.48275 (WGS84)
Location accuracy 1000(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Yukon-Koyukuk(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Wiseman B-1(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Wiseman SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Wiseman(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

  • ON NW FLANK OF SMITH CR. DOME, NEAR SADDLE AT HEAD OF FAY CR. 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
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Cervantite Ore
Kermesite Ore
Stibiconite Ore
Stibnite Ore

Analytical data

Result AU IN ALL SAMPLES
Result ONE SAMPLE CONTAINED 9.2 PPM AU
Result USGS PP 709, P. 8-9

Nearby scientific data

(1) -150.16501, 67.48275
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N 5 E
    Dip 50 E
    Thickness 0.15M

Comments on the geologic information

  • BEDROCK SHOWN AS DEVONIAN (?) PHYLLITE AND SILTSTONE ON USGS OFR 200

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Koyukuk

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Comments on the workings information

  • EXPOSED IN A SMALL PIT

Comments on development

  • EXAMINED BY USBM IN 1942

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit 6 IN VEIN OF STIBNITE AND OXIDATION PRODUCTS
Deposit NO COMMERCIAL VALVE; SEE ALSO: JONES AND BOYLE, WANNEMAKER AND WORTMAN ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-86 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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