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Widstedt Mine

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold, Silver, Copper
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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. Controls for ore emplacement
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Workings at the site
  12. Links to other databases
  13. Bibliographic references
  14. General comments
  15. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10097525
MRDS ID A012845
Record type Site
Current site name Widstedt Mine
Alternate or previous names Widstead Tunnel, Widstedt No. 1.

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -165.39577, 64.57956 (WGS84)
Relative position OPPOSITE MOUTH OF SPECIMEN GULCH.

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-1(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

Comments on the location information

  • USGS MF-247, LOC. 19. 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
Silver Secondary
Copper Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Gold Ore
Stibnite Ore
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Analytical data

Result ORE REPORTED TO ASSAY UP TO $72.00/TON IN AU, $28.OO/TON IN AG AND SOME COPPER, PRICE OF AU = $20.67/FINE OZ, 1920 PRICE OF AG = $1.00 /OZ, USGS BULLETIN 722, P. 239.

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Metamorphic Rock > Schist
    Rock unit name Nome Group
    Rock description Nome Group
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Late Permian

Nearby scientific data

(1) DOnx
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Economic information

Controls for ore emplacement

  • Fault Control

Comments on the geologic information

  • NUMEROUS PROSPECT ON SHEAR ZONES ALONG W BANK OF ANVIL CR. IN SCHIST CONTAINING QUARTZ-CALCITE VEINLEST AND PYRITE STRINGERS BUT NO EVIDENCE OF AU OR SB MINS.

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No
Discovery year 1899
Discoverer J.C. Widstedt
Year of first production 1900

Comments on the production information

  • 3 TONS OF ANTIMONY ORE MINED IN 1900.

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Surface/Underground
    Length 21.34M

Comments on the workings information

  • 70 FT TUNNEL DRIVEN IN 1899; NUMEROUS OPEN CUTS.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

General comments

Subject category Comment text
Deposit SEE ALSO: WIDSTEDT NO. 2 PROSPECT. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Deposit KIDNEYS OF COARSELY CRYSTALLINE STIBNITE IN SHEAR ZONE IN SCHIST CONTAINING PYRITE AND ARSENOPYRITE; NUMEROUS QUARTZ-CALCITE VEINLETS.

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAY-1987 Leonard, Kenneth R. (Huber, Donald F.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

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

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