Alaska
Prospect

Fortyseven Creek Lode

Alaska, United States
GoldAntimonySilver
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Commodities
PrimaryGold
SecondaryAntimony, Silver
Commodity typeM
Deposit
Model273: Low-sulfide Au-quartz vein
Materials
Ore mineralsArgentite, Arsenopyrite, Gold, Jamesonite, Scheelite, Stibnite, Wolframite
GangueQuartz, Sericite, Tourmaline
Economic & production
Development statusProspect
Identification
Deposit ID10309008
MRDS IDA013446
Alternate namesFortyseven Creek, lode
RegionNA
Data scoreB
Coordinates61.04936, -158.2028
References
Cady, W.M., Wallace, R.E., Hoare, J.M., and Webber, E.J., 1955, The central Kuskokwim region, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 268, 132 p.Cobb, E.H., 1972, Metallic mineral resources map of the Sleetmute quadrangle, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Miscellaneous Field Studies Map MF-368, scale 1:250,000.Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Dillingham, Sleetmute, and Taylor Mountain quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-606, 92 p.Robinson, M.S., 1984, Rock, pan-concentrate, and stream-sediment geochemistry, Sleetmute A-6 quadrangle, Alaska: Alaska Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Report of Investigations 84-7, scale 1:40,000.Berger, B.R., 1986, Descriptive model of low-sulfide Au-quartz veins, in Cox, D.P., and Singer, D.A., eds. Mineral Deposit Models: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1693, p. 239.Bliss, J.D., and Orris, G.J., 1986, Descriptive model of simple Sb deposits, in Cox, D.P., and Singer, D.A., eds., Mineral deposit models: U.S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1693, p. 183-186.Bundtzen, T.K., and Henning, M.W., 1978, Barite in Alaska: Mines and Geology Bulletin, v. 27, no. 4, p. 1-4.Miller, M.L., Belkin, H.E., Blodgett, R.B., Bundtzen, T.K., Cady, J.W., Goldfarb, R.J., Gray, J.E., McGimsey, R.G., and Simpson, S.L., 1989, Pre-field study and mineral resource assessment of the Sleetmute quadrangle, southwestern Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 89-363, 115 p., 3 plates, scale 1:250,000.Cobb, E.H., 1976, Summary of references to mineral occurrences (other than mineral fuels and construction materials) in the Dillingham, Sleetmute, and Taylor Mountains quadrangles, Alaska: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 76-606, 92 p.