Commodities
PrimarySilver
SecondaryLead, Mercury, Antimony
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model85: Polymetallic veins
Materials
Ore mineralsSilver, Cerussite, Jamesonite, Limonite, Pyrite, Galena
GanguePyromorphite
Geology
Host rockDiorite
AlterationSecondary minerals formed from the alteration of galena are pyromorphite and cerusite.
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10002892
MRDS IDA015379
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates65.02467, -147.47684
References
Hill, J.M., 1933, Lode deposits of the Fairbanks District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 849-B, p. 29-163.Killeen, P.L., and Mertie, J.B., 1951, Antimony ore in the Fairbanks District, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 51-46, 43 p.Chapman, R.M., and Foster, R.L., 1969, Lode mines and prospects in the Fairbanks district, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 625-D, 25 p., 1 plate.Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Circle quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-633, 72 p.Chapin, Theodore, 1914, Lode mining near Fairbanks, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 592-J, p. 321-355.Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-819, 241 p.Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Livengood quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-413, 2 sheets, scale 1:250,000.