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Alaska
Prospect

North Carolina

Alaska, United States
Gold Antimony
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Commodities

PrimaryGold, Antimony
Commodity typeMetallic

Deposit

Model180: Simple Sb (veins, pods, etc)

Materials

Ore mineralsGold, Pyrite, Stibnite
GangueCalcite, Quartz

Geology

Host rockLimestone
Associated rockSiltstone
AlterationThe stibnite is oxidized to stibiconite and kermesite.

Economic & production

Development statusProspect

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References

Berg, H.C., and Cobb, E.H., 1967, Metalliferous Lode Deposits of Alaska. U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1246, 254 p.Hawley, C.C., Meier, A.L., and Miller, R.L., 1968, Geochemical investigations at Antimony Creek antimony prospect, northern Talkeetna Mountains, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 337, 9 p.Cobb, E.H., 1978, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Healy quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 78-1062, 113 p.Balen, M.D., 1990, Geochemical sampling results from the Bureau of Mines Investigations in the Valdez Creek mining district, Alaska: U.S. Bureau of Mines Open-File Report 34-90, 218 p., 2 plates, scale 1:250,000.Wilson, F.H., Dover, J.H., Bradley, D.C., Weber, F.R., Bundtzen, T.K., and Haeussler, P.J., 1998, Geologic map of central (interior) Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 98-133, 17 p., 2 sheetsm, scale 1:500,000.Capps, S.R., 1919, Mineral resources of the upper Chulitna region: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 692-D, p. 207-232.Joesting, H.R., 1943, Strategic mineral occurrences in interior Alaska, supplement to pamphlet no. 1: Alaska Territorial Department of Mines Pamphlet 2, 26 p.Joesting, H.R., 1942, Antimony and tungsten deposits in the Fairbanks and adjacent districts: Alaska Department of Mines Miscellaneous Report 194-11, 25 p.

Identification

Deposit ID10000697
MRDS IDA011328
Alternate namesAntimony Creek
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates63.10152, -149.4217
Base: USGS MRDS (public domain, frozen 2011). Community notes © their authors, CC-BY. Land data live from BLM.