Slate Creek Antimony

Past Producer in Alaska, United States with commodities Antimony, Gold, Silver
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Nearby scientific data
  9. Ore body information
  10. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  11. Mineral rights holdings
  12. Land status
  13. Ownership information
  14. Production statistics
  15. Links to other databases
  16. Bibliographic references
  17. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10112518
MAS/MILS ID 0020660043
Record type Site
Current site name Slate Creek Antimony
Alternate or previous names Taylor Mine, Slate Creek Lode, Slate Creek Antimony 1-4, Eureka Creek, Venus Lode, Pick Claims, Eureka Stibnite, Stibnite Lode 1-3

Geographic coordinates

Point of reference Main Entrance
Geographic coordinates: -151.07509, 63.48146 (WGS84)
Elevation 870
Location accuracy 100(meters)

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Denali(Borough)

Alaska(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Denali B-3(quadrangle 1:63,360 scale)

Denali SE(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Mount McKinley C(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Alaska(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Denali National Park(National Park)

National Park NPS(Type of land area)

NPS(Federal land areas administered by NPS)

Geographic areas

Country State
United States Alaska

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Fairbanks 016 S 018 W 32 SE Alaska

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Antimony Critical Primary
Gold Tertiary
Silver Tertiary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Arsenopyrite Unknown
Gold Unknown
Pyrite Unknown
Stibnite Unknown

Nearby scientific data

Main Entrance (1) -151.07509, 63.48146

Economic information

Ore body information

  • Strike N40W
    Dip 90N
    Length 15M
    Width 1M
    Field Value
    MAS Column # 1
    Type of Orebody #1 FISSURE VEIN
    Shape of Orebody #1 LENTICULAR
    Primary mode of Origin HYDROTHERMAL
    Primary Ore Control FAULTING
    Degree of Wallrock Alter. UNKNOWN
    Type of Wallrock Alter. #1 UNKNOWN
    Strike And Dip N40W:90N
    Date of Last Modification 890725

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Operation type Underground
Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Significant No
Discovery year 1915
Year of first production 1915

Mineral rights holdings

Type of mineral rights Located Claim

Land status

Ownership category Federal

Ownership information

  • Type Owner
    Owner George Baily
    Interest 100
    Home office Alaska
    Year 1983

Production statistics

  • Year 1915
    Description Stibnite 45 Metric Tons
  • Year 1970
    Description Stibnite 10 Metric Tons

Comments on the workings information

  • Workings consist of a caved adit and sloughed trenches.

Reference information

Bibliographic references

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 25-JUL-1989 Mjn U.S. Bureau of Mines

Beyond USGS

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

Authoritative Alaska resources

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