Commodities
PrimaryAntimony
SecondaryGold, Silver
TertiaryZinc
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeS
WorkingsSurface/Underground
Orebody formLENSES AND KIDNEYS
Ore controlMineralization Localized Along Stampede Fault, Especially Where Veins Or Cross Faults Intersect
Materials
Ore mineralsGold, Sphalerite, Stibnite
GangueCervantite, Chlorite, Kermesite, Muscovite, Pyrite, Quartz, Stibiconite
Geology
Host rockSchist · Birch Creek
Associated rockAndesite
StructureStampede Anticline, Trend: N55e To S 85e, Plunge: Ne, Cut By Stampede Fault, Pronounced Change In Strike Of Stampede Fault, From N 50 E To N 80 E, Near The Mine
AlterationSecondary Sb Minerals, Stibiconite And Cervantite Near Surface, Kermesite Underground
Economic & production
Development statusPast Producer
First production1937
Last production1970
Identification
Deposit ID10000637
MRDS IDA011252
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates63.73902, -150.37818
References
USGS BULLETIN 936-N, P.331-348USBM INFORMATION CIRCULAR 7379, P.67USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4173, P.3-20USGS BULLETIN 1108-A, P.A27-A29USGS BULLETIN 1155, P. 10-17USGS BULLETIN 1246, P.229-231USGS PROFESSIONAL PAPER 820, P.48ADGGS OPEN FILE 98, P. 8-10, 16-17, 27, 38-39USBM OPEN FILE 24-78, P. 4-32, 4-36 TO 4-45USGS OPEN FILE 78-1-E, P.3511) ADGGS REPORT OF INVESTIGATION 83-12, P. 23BUNDTZEN, 1976, P.27