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Slate Creek Prospect

Prospect in Alaska, United States with commodity Asbestos
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Alteration
  7. Host and associated rocks
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Reserves and resources
  12. Workings at the site
  13. Links to other databases
  14. Bibliographic references
  15. General comments
  16. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10096768
MRDS ID A010679
Record type Site
Current site name Slate Creek Prospect
Alternate or previous names Bryan Creek, Eagle Asbestos, Alaska Asbestos
Related records 10209397

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -142.50275, 64.56643 (WGS84)

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 C-4(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Eagle NW(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Eagle C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Doyon, Limited(ANCSA Region)

ANCSA Region NTVPIC(Type of land area)

NTVPIC(Federal land areas administered by NTVPIC)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Asbestos Primary

Alteration

  • (Local) Serpentinization

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Serpentinite

Nearby scientific data

(1) -142.50275, 64.56643
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Economic information

Ore body information

  • Depth to top 0M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Prospect
Commodity type Non-metallic
Deposit size Medium
Significant No
Discovery year 1968
Discoverer Helen Foster, Us Geological Survey

Reserves and resources

  • Type In-situ
    Estimate year 1982
    Total resources 27000mt ore
    Commodity Subtype Grade units Group Importance Year
    Asbestos Asbestos 5 wt-pct Asbestos Major 1982

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface
    Width 12M

Comments on the workings information

  • EXTENSIVE LARGE DIAMETER (12 INCH) DEVELOPMENT DRILLING TO PROVIDE CORE SAMPLES FOR LAB TESTING. MINING PROJECTED FOR 1989 OR 1990

Comments on development

  • TANANA ASBESTOS CORP IS A WHOLLY OWNED SUBSIDIARY OF THE DOYON REGIONAL CORPORATION. EXPLORATION WORK COMPLETED, EMPHASIS NOW (1984) ON MILLING AND EXTRACTIVE TEST WORK.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADGGS SPEC REPT 31, P. 12, 44

  • Deposit

    MINING ENGINEERING, MAY 1983, P. 414

  • Deposit

    ALASKA CONSTRUCTION & OIL, JANUARY 1984, P. 54

  • Reserve-Resource

    MINING ENGINEERING, MAY 1983

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SERPENTINE CUT BY CLOSELY SPACED (1 TO FEW INCHES) SUBPARALLEL VEINS OF CROSS-FIBER CHRYSOTILE ASBESTOS FROM 1/8 TO 3/4 INCH WIDE.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1984 Elliott, R. L. U.S. Geological Survey
Editor 30-MAY-1995 Waller, Nichelle (Mosier, Dan) U.S. Geological Survey PARSED DATA INTO WORK INGS MULTIVALUED FIELDS

Beyond USGS

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

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