The Waterfall Creek Prospect is a antimony mine located in Alaska.
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Mine Info
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Waterfall Creek Prospect MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Waterfall Creek Prospect
Secondary: Claims: Bunker Hill
Secondary: Isabel
Secondary: Mabel
Secondary: Moniter
Commodity
Primary: Antimony
Secondary: Gold
Secondary: Silver
Tertiary: Lead
Tertiary: Copper
Location
State: Alaska
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Not available
Ownership
Not available
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
Not available
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: LENSES
Structure
Not available
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Not available
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: SAMPLE ACROSS 30 FT SILICIFIED ZONE CONTAINED 0.1 OZ/TON AU, ADGGS GR 36, P. 36.
Analytical Data: 2.5 TONS OF ORE CONTAINED MORE THAN 58% SB PLUS MINOR AU AND AG VALUES, USGS BULLETIN 662, P. 439
Materials
Ore: Gold
Ore: Stibnite
Ore: Galena
Ore: Malachite
Ore: Chalcopyrite
Gangue: Pyrite
Gangue: Quartz
Gangue: Pyrrhotite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): TWO ADITS INTERSECTED A STOCKWORK OF IRON-STAINED SCHIST AND QUARTZ CONTAINING LENTICULAR MASSES OF STIBNITE LESS THAN 1 FT THICK; VERTICAL SHEAR ZONE 100 FT WIDE EXPOSED BY OPEN-CUT, CONTAINS PYRITE, PYRRHOTITE, STIBNITE, AND MINOR AU; SHEAR ZONE TRENDS N 20 DEGREES E AND OFFSETS A QUARTZ VEIN 1-3 FT THICK THAT CONTAINS LESS THAN 1% STIGNITE CRYSTALS UP TO 0.25 IN LONG; ALSO REPORTED: GALENA AND CHALCOPYRITE WITH MALACHITE AND AZURITE, SOMEWHERE NEAR THE ANTIMONY PROSPECT AT THE HEAD OF WATERFALL CR.
Comment (Workings): TWO CAVED ADITS AND SEVERAL PROSPECT PITS; UPPER ADIT WAS 105 FT LONG, LOWER ADIT WAS DRIVEN N 25 DEGREES W FOR 270 FT.
Comment (Geology): 11-3 FT WIDE QUARTZ-STIBNITE VEIN IS CONFORMABLE WITH CLEAVAGE OF SCHIST: N 60 DEGREES E, DIP 57 DEGREES NW.
Comment (Deposit): LAST CHANCE CR. AND WATERFALL CR. USED INTERCHANGEABLY IN REFERENCES TO REFER TO THIS SITE. ; INFO.SRC : 1 PUB LIT; 2 UNPUB REPT
Comment (Location): ADGGS GR 36, FIG. 1; LISTED AS "LAST CHANCE CR. PROSPECT." LAND STATUS VALUE CALCULATED 6-94 USING GIS OVERLAY ANALYSIS WITH BLM 1:2,500,000 SCALE OWNERSHIP STATUS MAP (1991).
Comment (Production): 2.5 TONS OF ANTIMONY ORE MINED AND SOLD CIRCA 1916, USGS BULLETIN 662, P. 439.
Comment (Development): DEVELOPED CIRCA 1916.
References
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 1246, P. 122-123.
Reference (Deposit): ADGGS GR 36, P. 36.
Reference (Deposit): USBM CLAIM MAP, NOME QUAD., KX-52-107.
Reference (Deposit): USGS OFR 77-796-B, P. 31, LOC. 401.
Reference (Other Database): BAG-MF-463-20
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 662, P. 438-440, 442.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULLETIN 722, P. 182-184, 231-232, 253.
Reference (Deposit): TDM PAM 5-R, P. 11, 19, 27.
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