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Steiner

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Gold
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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. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  12. Mining district
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10094062
MRDS ID A012785
Record type Site
Current site name Steiner
Related records 10184722

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.68856, 64.59095 (WGS84)
Relative position The Steiner prospect is reported to be about 1 mile west of Penny River, 4.5 miles north from the coast, at an elevation of 200 feet, and south of an unnamed east-flowing stream immediately south of Willow Creek (Cathcart, 1922, p. 256, figure 9). This is approximately locality 9 of Cobb (1972 [MF 463], 1978 [OFR 78-93]). The stated distances do not match the map location, either in elevation or the distance from the coast, so this location is very uncertain. A caved shaft less than a quarter mile north of the Nome-Teller road in the SE1/4 section 35, T. 10 S., R. 35 W., Kateel River Meridian, appears to have about the same amount of workings reported for the Steiner prospect, but it is about 1 mile east of Penny River. Mertie (1918, p. 427) visited the Steiner prospect, which he describes as 'on a spur between the Penny River and one of its small tributaries...at an elevation of about 200 feet'. This description would match that for the shaft in section 35.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Nome(Census area)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Nome C-2(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Solomon NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Nome(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Nome(hydrologic unit)

Norton Sound(hydrologic accounting unit)

Northwest(hydrologic subregion)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Sitnasuak Native Corporation(ANCSA Village)

ANCSA Village NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Pyrite Ore
Calcite Gangue
Feldspar Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Pyritization.

Mineral occurrence model information

Model code 273
USGS model code 36a
Deposit model name Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Mark3 model number 27

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist > Mica Schist

Nearby scientific data

(1) -165.68856, 64.59095
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Economic information

Comments on the geologic information

  • Geologic Description = Cathcart (1922, p. 256) reports that a 105-foot shaft was sunk on a 5- to10- foot-wide, east-striking, quartz-feldspar vein. The vein was followed 60 feet in the shaft and lost. Values of 7 dollars per ton (about 0.35 ounce of gold per ton) were reported but not confirmed. It seems questionable whether Cathcart actually visited this prospect. The shaft dump on the east side of Penny River is at least partly in graphitic quartz schist, reportedly one of the rock types at the Steiner prospect. Mertie (1918 [B 662-I, p. 427]) visited this mine, but it was not open at the time. He reported the shaft to be 135 feet deep with 100 feet of drift. Mertie (1918) also reported the rock on the dump as iron-stained pyritized schist, which agrees with C.C. Hawley's inspection of the site in section 35 east of Penny River.
  • Age = Mid-Cretaceous or younger; vein crosscuts metamorphic rocks.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Metallic

Comments on exploration

  • Status = Inactive

Mining district

District name Nome

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings / Exploration = Uncertain; 105-foot shaft with 220 feet of drifting reported by Cathcart (1922), but Mertie (1918 [B 662-I, p. 427]) reported a 135-foot shaft with 100 feet of drifting at a nearby location, if not this one.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    Cathcart, S.H., 1922, Metalliferous lodes in southern Seward Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 722, p. 163-261.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-463, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.

  • Deposit

    Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Nome quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File report 78-93, 213 p.

  • Deposit

    Mertie, J.B., Jr., 1918, Lode mining and prospecting on Seward Peninsula: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 662, p. 425-449.

Comments on the references

  • Primary Reference = Mertie, 1918

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit Model Name = Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein (Cox and Singer, 1986; model 36a).

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 12-MAR-00 Hawley, C.C. Hawley Resource Group
Reporter 12-MAR-00 Travis L. Hudson Hawley Resource Group

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