Slate Creek Mine

The Slate Creek Mine is a antimony mine located in Alaska.

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Mine Info

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Site Name

Primary: Slate Creek Mine
Secondary: Taylormine
Secondary: Antimony Mine

Commodity

Primary: Antimony

Location

State: Alaska
District: Kantishna

Land Status

Land ownership: National Park
Note: the land ownership field only identifies whether the area the mine is in is generally on public lands like Forest Service or BLM land, or if it is in an area that is generally private property. It does not definitively identify property status, nor does it indicate claim status or whether an area is open to prospecting. Always respect private property.

Holdings

Not available

Workings

Not available

Ownership

Owner Name: John Millhouse

Production

Not available

Deposit

Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1941
Year Last Production: 1983
Discovery Year: 1905
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: M

Physiography

Not available

Mineral Deposit Model

Not available

Orebody

Not available

Structure

Not available

Alterations

Alteration Type: L
Alteration Text: Capps, (1919) Noted Alteration Of Stibnite To Kermesite And Stibiconite In Zones Of Crushed Ore

Rocks

Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Early Cambrian

Analytical Data

Analytical Data: SAMPLES FROM USBM TRENCHING PROGRAM: 18.66% ARE SB IN ORE FROM USBM TRENCH #2 (REF. 3)

Materials

Ore: Stibnite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Stibiconite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Kermesite
Gangue: Cervantite

Comments

Comment (Deposit): Discovery Year: 1905-1906

Comment (Deposit): ORE BODY IS A RETICULATED STOCKWORK OF QUARTZ AND STIBNITE VEINS, ZONES OF STIBNITE BOULDERS ENCLOSED IN DECOMPOSED SCHIST; INDIVIDUAL HIGH GRADE STIBNITE RIBS UP TO 2 FT; ZONE OF MINERALIZATION UP TO 20 FT WIDE

Comment (Production): PRODUCTION REPORTED FOR 1916, 1942-1949, 1970-1971 OF 800,000 LB SB FROM 625 TONS OF ORE, BUNDTZEN, 1976, P. 27 (REF 5); MINING OF 20 TONS HIGH-GRADE ORE BY JOHN MILLHOUSE IN 1983, BUNDTZEN, 1983, P. 25 (REF 8)

Comment (Development): MINED IN 1983; USBM TRENCHING AND CHURN DRILLING PROGRAM IN 1942, 5 TRENCHES WERE EXCAVATED, 8 CHURN DRILL HOLES MADE

Comment (Workings): DEVELOPED BY 150 FT OF UNDERGROUND WORKINGS, CAVED BY 1976, AND OPEN CUTS

Comment (Geology): ORE BODY LIES WITHIN A 40 FT SHEAR ZONE BOUNDED BY A FAULT ON ONE SIDE; MAIN ORE ZONES WITHIN 8 FT OF FAULT; SHEAR ZONE IS NEAR DIORITE INTRUSION CUTTING BIRCH CREEK SCHIST

Comment (Deposit): SEE ALSO: LAST CHANCE, SLIPPERY CREEK ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT

Comment (Reserve-Resource): KNOWN RESERVES: 3600 TONS, HALF-SQUARE RESOURCE ESTIMATE: 40000 TONS OF SB ORE, WITH 18.66% SB, BUNDTZEN, 1983, P.23 (REF 7)

Comment (Commodity): HIGH GRADE ORE OF 45% TO 58% SB REPORTED MINED FROM THIS SITE

References

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 687, P.107-108

Reference (Deposit): USBM INFO CIRCULAR 7379, P.67

Reference (Deposit): USBM REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 4173, P. 20-28

Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 1246, P.229-231

Reference (Deposit): ADGGS OPEN FILE 98, P.27-28

Reference (Deposit): USBM OPEN FILE 24-78, P.4-16 TO 4-19

Reference (Deposit): ADGGS REPORT OF INVESTIGATIONS 83-12, P.23

Reference (Deposit): ADGGS SPECIAL REPORT 33, P.25

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