Alaska
Occurrence

Fortyseven Creek Lode

Alaska, United States
TungstenSilverGoldAntimony
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Description

Russell Schaefer

Commodities
PrimaryTungsten, Silver, Gold
SecondaryAntimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Deposit sizeN
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Gold, Jamesonite, Scheelite, Stibnite, Wolframite
GangueQuartz, Sericite, Tourmaline
Geology
Host rockSiltstone · Kuskokwim Group;Kuskokwim Group
Associated rockRhyolite
Economic & production
Development statusOccurrence
Discovery year1947
Identification
Deposit ID10002506
MRDS IDA013446
Alternate namesFortyseven Creek
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates61.04908, -158.20252
References
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